Corinth Basket Nezi Field, context 505

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Nezi Field, context 505
Area:		Nezi Field
Context Type:		Fill
Title:		slumped deposit, in top of pits, first from top
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1103
Context:		505
Page:		0
Date:		2009/05/06
Stratum:		65% large pebbles, cobbles, rooftile fragments
Description:		Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is dark reddish grey. The soil compaction is compact. The soil is poorly sorted. It is sandy silt.
Notes:		Deposit 505 is a roughly circular disturbance in the floor bounded between walls 313 and 332 revealed by the excavation of deposit 398. Because of the shape of the deposit and the numerous large pits in Nezi field, deposit 505 apeared to be the fill of a large pit cut through the floor. Excavation of the deposit revealed several unexpected deposits: portions of the floor slumped inward but intact seem to indicate the presence of a disturbance at a lower elevation; there is a lens of compact clayey dirt that may have acted as a work surface for whatever operation deposit 505 is connected with; this work surface overlays what appears to be very chunky pit fill. At this point, because of the various contexts revealed and the lack of clrity about the formation, it is decided to close the basket.
Context Pottery:		Coarseware. stamnos frankish matt painted, stamnos. 1 rim. 13 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. frankish matt painted, bowl. 1 bodysherd. ; Cooking ware. mug. 2 rims. ; Fineware. preroman 7; Fineware. light on dark IV, slip painted (1225-1260), bowl. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. miscellaneous8 rims. 14 bodysherds. ; Cooking ware. vertical rim stewpot (1270-1320)1 rim. ; Fineware. glaze painted IV, slipped (1220-1260), bowl. 4 bodysherds.
Pottery Summary:		34 frag(s) 0.26 kg. (0% saved) fineware.
		222 frag(s) 3.2 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
		83 frag(s) 0.82 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		iron lump 2; stopper cut down from coarse body sherd; bronze ring, diam. 0.017 m; marble revetment gray 1; revetment lapis laced 1; shell murex 2; glass, clear, colorless, cup with applied prunts, rim 2, bs 1, as MF 7518 (Corinth XII, # 744); bronze strip 2; Bone- cranial,maxilla with teeth of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- femur of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 fragment(s). ; Bone- femur of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- innominate of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- innominate of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- mandible of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- mandible w/teeth of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 2 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- Not in Table - 1 example(s).; Bone- rib of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tibia of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- tibia of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 fragment(s).
Period:		Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Chronology:		late 13th
Grid:		265.7-263.07E, 1001.5-1004.47N
XMin:		263.07
XMax:		265.7
YMin:		1001.5
YMax:		1004.47
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		86.67-86.96m.
References:		Report: Nezi Field 2009 by Stella Diakou and Jody Cundy (2009-05-19 to 2009-05-20)