Corinth Basket: Nezi Field, context 5057
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Basket
Name:   Nezi Field, context 5057
Area:   Nezi Field
Title:   Fill over floor
Category:   Deposit
Notebook:   1100
Context:   5057
Page:   0
Date:   2007/05/14
Stratum:   30% inclusions: stones, sherds; in firm, poorly sorted reddish brown sandy silt.
Description:   Top slope of the context is moderate down to the NW. Bottom slope of the context is moderate down to the NWThe soil color is reddish brown. The soil compaction is firm. The soil is poorly sorted. It is sandy silt.
Notes:   We are excavating the remaining layer over the surface as a new context because the soil here is firmer than in B5056. It is coming down on several differentiated areas: a probable pit, a pebbly area, and an area running along the N face of the N wall of Room F, which we will excavate in a separate basket.
Context Pottery:   Cooking ware. flat lid1 rim. 1 handle. ; Fineware. ItSig, plate. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. AfRS plate with low ringed base; Cooking ware. as Hesperia 94 No. 37, stewpot. 1 rim. ; Cooking ware. basin with outturned rim1 rim. ; Fineware. ESB unid1 bodysherd. ; Coarseware. similar to 5294 no. 34, basin. 1 rim. ; Fineware. pre-Roman7 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. nied772 handles. ; Fineware. chandarli form 31 rim. ; Cooking ware. similar to Hesperia 94 No. 45, bowl. 1 rim. ; Fineware. ESA, plate. 1 bodysherd. ; Cooking ware. trefmo, pitcher. 4 rims.
Pottery Summary:   25 frag(s) 0.04 kg. (0% saved) fineware.
    84 frag(s) 1.7 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
    127 frag(s) 1.2 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:   tile diamond 1; nut pistachio 1; mosaic floor lump 1; revetment lapis lac 1; bone bos molar 1 phalange 2 sus maxilla 1 unid 6; iron nail head 2 square shank shank 3; lamp type 27 shoulder 2 base 1 subgroup C (similar to Corinth 18.2 no. 50) disk 1 (saved to lot); shell murex 1 venus 1; bronze nail bent 1 square thin sheeting 1; ceramic bead broken pierced 1; iron lump 1; glass clear greenish BS 5; slag 1; tessera 14; loomweight type VIII Max. P. H. 0.070 Diam. 0.061 bevel H. 0.011; plaster wall painted Roman red 3
Period:   Middle Roman (2/2 2nd c-4th c AD)
Chronology:   mid to late 3rd c. based on pottery and lamp
Grid:   268.2-266.26E, 1020.39-1022.21N
XMin:   266.26
XMax:   268.2
YMin:   1020.39
YMax:   1022.21
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
Masl:   85.52-85.72m.
Is Above:   5059
Is Below:   5049
References:   Report: Nezi Field 2007 by Heidi Broome-Raines (2007-04-30 to 2007-05-18)
Coins (22)