Corinth Basket Nezi Field, context 1145

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Nezi Field, context 1145
Area:		Nezi Field
Context Type:		Deposit
Title:		Upper pit fill of cut 1163
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1107
Context:		1145
Page:		0
Date:		2013/05/28
Lot:		Lot 2013-027
Stratum:		medium greyish brown silt with roughly 70% large inclusions: sub-rounded stones, rounded stones, large rough stones (up to 18 x 15 cm), many tiles (2-3cm thick, pale orange fabric), large fragments of coarseware pottery and pithoi, brick, marble, bone
Description:		Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is dark greyish brown. The soil compaction is loose. The soil is poorly sorted. It is silt.
Notes:		1145 is a pit deposit below 1141 and 1139. This roughly ovoid deposit includes large pieces of tile (e.g., 2-3 cm thick, with one measuring 29 x 20 x 2.5 cm), large stones both rounded and rough (up to 18 x 15 cm dimensions), large pieces of bone and coarseware pottery; several large fragments of marbled (largest is 20 x 12 cm); light yellow pithos sherds; chert; chunk of mosaic pebble floor at depth of 80 cm; marble architectural frame. The large number and quantity of inclusions intimates possible destruction debris in this deposit. This might be the case because of a chunk of floor plaster mixed into the pit debris in addition to other large inclusions of coarse building materials. The large size of the materials indicates that this material was deposited soon after its period of use. At a depth of 52 cm, a measurement taken from the northern part of the pit, abutting Wall 5334, the soil is, unsurprisingly, moister than at upper levels. At 60 cm, the southwestern scarp is producing numerous roots from the nearby fig tree. A large rock emerged on the south border of the pit at a depth of 105 cm from top of scarp, possibly collapsed in from the Wall above; measuring 45 x 28 x 30 cm. The pit finished at a depth of 84.75m MASL, over a sloping layer of more compact red earth (sloping from W to E). We believe this underlying deposit was poured into the pit from the western edge soon after the pit was dug. Our next step will be to remove this sloping red earth in order to arrive at the bottom of the pit. The pit produced, in addition to the inventoried objects and coin, 39 substantial pieces of marble (with a representative piece measuring 23.5 x 13.5 x 2 cm). In smaller quantities, pieces of obsidian and schist.
Context Pottery:		Coarseware. Amphora1 rim. (saved to lot) .As Katokomia, Melos; Coarseware. Late Roman Amphora 11 handle. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Red Slip unidentified1 rim. (saved to lot) .Bevel Rimmed bowl; Fineware. Rom- LRC 10-C1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. CP 11 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. Table Amphora (saved to lot) ."Really weird pink fabric"; Coarseware. Palestinian1 handle. 3 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Pre- Archaic4 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Rom- LCR 11 rim. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. Islamic, pitcher. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Rom- AfRS ?1091 rim. (saved to lot) .Spirally gouged; Fineware. Rom- AfRS 991 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Pre-Classical2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. concave thickened rim stewpot (800-950)4 rims. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Rom- LRC 10-A1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Early Roman16 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. Gaza1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. 2 rims. (saved to lot) .As Hesperia 2005 3-30; Coarseware. Late Roman Amphora 21 rim. 7 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Pre-Roman201 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Rom- LRC 3 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Rom- LRC Unidentified (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. Pithos Lid1 rim. (saved to lot) .Incised line
Pottery Summary:		100 frag(s) 8.2 kg. (9% saved) fineware.
		3822 frag(s) 37.31 kg. (1% saved) coarseware.
		897 frag(s) 12.4 kg. (1% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		Glass: 7 (3 uncolored rims, outward thickened; 1 blue rim w grooved incision; 1 green BS with downward angling grooves; 1 green rim outward thickened; Bronze pinhead: c.f. MF 2579, this comparandum is earlier, dated Geometric by Kilian-Dirlmeier (saved to lot); Small bronze chain: 18 small interlocked rings (Diam. 0.007 m), cf. Corinth XII 1455 (2698): Seventh century from W. slope of Acrocorinth, Hesp. VI, 1937, p.232 fig. 2,B (saved to lot); Glass: 9 BS; 1 rim;. 1 white inward-thickened rim (Th. .0006 m. at body, Th. .0026 m. at rim); 8 BS: 1 purple (Th. .001 m), 1 blue (Th. .0015 m), 2 green (Th. .0023 m., .001 m.); 4 colorless; Small Bronze pieces: 2; 2 painted plaster fragments: 2 red, 1 light blue; 1 chunk pebbled mosaic; 1 thin incised lamp(?) sherd: inscribed in Greek characters, -OY. L. 0.02 m, W 0.0174, Th. 0.0035. Likely masc. genitive ending.; 3 Nails: 1 conical shaft; 1 nail head (L. .044 m, Th. .004 m); 1 possible nail with bent head(?), L. .04 m, Th. .01 m.; Iron knife blade, missing handle: .081 m L x .002 m W; TC Figurine: 1. L 0.035 x W 0.024 w. x .013 m D; central chest and torso of female draped in possible chiton. Both shulders visible, headless. (saved to lot); Roman Lamp Fragments: 3 (1 frag. TC lam handle, mouldmade, lacking slip/glaze, c.f. L544; 1 disk and shoulder frag w half fill hole & wick hole in tact, angular nozzle, impressed decoration, no slip/glaze; 1 grooved disk frag.; Slag: 8. 2 large sub-rounded pieces (Diam. .05 m); 6 small sub-rounded pieces (Diam. C. .012 m)
Period:		Early Byzantine (610-802 AD)
Chronology:		Late 7th-8th
Grid:		278.22-276.55E, 1013.34-1015.43N
XMin:		276.55
XMax:		278.22
YMin:		1013.34
YMax:		1015.43
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		84.75-86.07m.
References:		Coin: 2013 198