Corinth Basket Nezi Field, context 1046

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Nezi Field, context 1046
Area:		Nezi Field
Title:		Tile layer south of Turkish house
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1107
Context:		1046
Page:		0
Date:		2013/04/12
Lot:		Lot 2013-005
Stratum:		70% inclusions; tile, large cobbles, small boulders, glass, bone, charcoal, fine and medium pebbles
Description:		Top slope of the context is level down to the S. The soil color is dark yellowish brown. The soil compaction is compact. The soil is poorly sorted. It is silty sand.
Notes:		This context is the removal of the large tile layer to the south of the Turkish house. We theorize that this layer resulted from some sort of destruction event, or a dump of material after such an event. The tile layer abuts the S wall of the Turkish house, so by excavating it, we hope to be able to relate this area to the layers excavated on the other side of the wall in the 1960s. The deposit has very abundant tile, averaging L. 0.21-0.26 m, W. 0.07-0.14 m, and Th. 0.025-0.03 m. The tiles were not laid flat, but instead rather jumbled. Among the tiels were also large pieces of amphorae and other vessels. Additionally, we found a large, ovoid fragment of a marble sculpture or piece of architecture and a bronze coin. The exact relationship of this tile layer to the tiels at the edge of former cut 871 and the area to its south is currently unknown, but it appears that this layer may represent a separate destruction event which overlays the tiles to the south. The tiles at the bottom of pit 871 are larger and better preserved, and several are also laying flat, in contrast to the tiles in this context. However, the tiles south of the area of the former pit are more broken and are jumbled in a manner similar to the current context. As excavation continued, we noticed that the tiles were very dense at the top of the context and more sparse (but still numerous) towards the bottom of the context. We continued excavating until we reached the light yellowish-brown layer with no visible tiles below. The tile layer did continue to the west, as visible in the scarp of the excavation area. 15/4/2013 Important context for pottery- similar to gymnasium area near the Asclepion, but they dug in trenches and were not always able to match it up; also some tiny contexts in the Panayia field.
Context Pottery:		Plainware. pitcher, pitcher. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. Late Roman amphora 2, amphora. 2 rims. 1 handle. 5 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. early roman2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. late Roman table amphora 2, amphora. 8 rims. 4 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. AfRS4 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. Gaza, amphora. 2 rims. 1 handle. 34 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. basin, as Hesperia 1999, 16, basin. 3 rims. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. stewpot, as Hesperia 1999, 18, stewpot. 5 rims. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. cloche lid, cloche lid. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. Late roman amphora 1, amphora. 2 rims. 2 handles. 6 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. basin, as Hesperia 1999, 15, basin. 2 rims. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. stewpot, as Hesperia 1999, 18 late, stewpot. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. pitcher, as Hesperia 1999, 3-43, pitcher. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. Palestinian, amphora. 1 rim. 3 handles. 61 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. LRC form 61 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Askro ware, pitcher. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. frit1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. micaceous water jar late1 handle. 7 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .Ephesos; Fineware. LRC form 3 10C2 rims. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. preroman21 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. LRC unidentified (saved to lot) .stamp #46 chick
Pottery Summary:		25 frag(s) 0.2 kg. (100% saved) fineware.
		523 frag(s) 21.9 kg. (100% saved) coarseware.
		213 frag(s) 2.4 kg. (100% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		iron, rod, bent, 1 (saved to lot); glass clear unk color burned, rounded rim 15, probably for goblets or bowls (saved to lot); iron, nail, 1 (saved to lot); pebble pavement, 1 (saved to lot); glass unk color, wide flat stem of footed goblet with secondary perforation 1. Cf. Corinth XII #695 (MF 7503 and MF 7536) dated 11th-mid 12th century. Better date from Agora XXXIV #341-342, first half 6th (saved to lot); marble, white, fine grained, acroterion finial or balustrade?; H. 0.206, D. 0.17; weight 6.3 (saved to lot); tile, drilled for weight, 1 (saved to lot); moratarium, Hellenistic, nozzle, 1 (saved to lot); glass clear unk color burned, tubular goblet foot 3 (one intact with knop stem, inventoried) (saved to lot); glass clear blueish, bs 3, colorless, bs 4, green, bs 3, bottom 1 (saved to lot); lamp, unidentified, nozzle, 1, shoulder 1 (saved to lot); glass clear unk color, vessel base with deep kick 1, L. 0.048, like Corinth XII #691-693 (dated 11th century) (saved to lot); diamond tile, 1 (saved to lot); shell, murex brandise, 1 (saved to lot); glass, clear, 4 (saved to lot); lamp, type 33, base, 2, handle, 1, shoulder, 1, bs 2 (saved to lot); glass clear unk color burned, bs 22, bottom 2 (saved to lot); glass clear green, vessel base with deep kick 1, L. 0.077, like Corinth XII #691-693 (dated 11th century) (saved to lot); pithos, rim, 1 (saved to lot); lamp, type 28, handle 1 (saved to lot)
Period:		Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:		second half 6th century CE
Grid:		257.91-255.6E, 1013.35-1015.8N
XMin:		255.6
XMax:		257.91
YMin:		1013.35
YMax:		1015.8
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		85.36-85.65m.
References:		Object: MF 2013 34 Coin: 2013 60