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Corinth Basket: Nezi Field, context 5096 | Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Basket | | Name: | | Nezi Field, context 5096 | | Area: | | Nezi Field | | Title: | | Tile layer | | Category: | | Deposit | | Notebook: | | 1100 | | Context: | | 5096 | | Page: | | 0 | | Date: | | 2007/05/25 | | Lot: | | Lot 2007-029 | | Stratum: | | The soil contains a medium amount (30-40%) of small and medium sized subangular and subrounded pebbles. | | Description: | | Top slope of the context is level. Bottom slope of the context is level down to the The soil color is light yellowish brown. The soil compaction is loose. The soil is poorly sorted. It is sandy silt. | | Notes: | | B5096 is the removal of the tile fragment layer revealed by B's 5086, 5089 and 5092. It contained ca. 30% of small and medium sized pebbles that probably collapsed together with the roof. The tile fragments spread throughout the entire room, located to the N of room F, E. In the E side of the room, after the removal of the tile fragment layer a floor was uncovered. Above the floor there are patches of burned soil. Excavation proceeded in an E to W direction. The amounts of roof tile fragments and pebbles remained constant all the way to wall 22 (NB 228). While excating towards the above said wall, a change in the soil was noted. Instead of revealing the floor, at a distance of ca. 0.75 from wall 22 (NB228) and ca. 0.45 from wall 23 (NB228) a cut was uncovered which contained medium sized stones mixed with roof tile fragments in a stacked pattern, as if they were dropped in a S to W direction. The soil mixed with them was softer compared to the floor and it also contained pottery shards that were sticking out vertically from the ground. It is possible that this is a bothros and therefore it will be dug seperately from the rest of the floor. A significant amount of coins was recovered. It is worthy to note that the roof tile fragments that came from the destruction layer were in their majority very small pieces and most were lying flat. It is therefore possible that the roof tiles found in the room N of room F, E, are actually a dump and not part of the collapse of the roof. The reasoning behind this is that if a roof collapses then you get large fragments of roof tiles mixed with the small, and they are not always lying flat. As excavation proceeded towards the W, the amounts of coins recovered diminished drastically. The total amount of roof tile fragments is: 2,836 fragments, 454.4 kgr. | | Context Pottery: | | Coarseware. Nied 77, amphora. 11 handles. 5 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Byzantine glazed3 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. AfRS form 53 (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. Cloche lid, lid. 5 rims. 3 handles. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Early and Middle Roman42 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. stew pot Hesp 2005 no. 1-34 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. AfRS unid5 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Classical Hellenistic163 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. stew pot as C-82-111 no. 31 rim. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. amphora as Hesp 2005 1-19, amphora. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. stew pot as Hesp 2005 no. 1363 rims. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. Bowl as Hesp 1999 no. 46, bowl. 6 rims. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. AfRS form 50?2 rims. 4 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. late Roman amphora 2, amphora. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) . | | Pottery Summary: | | 232 frag(s) 1.1 kg. (28% saved) fineware. | | | | 487 frag(s) 4.52 kg. (100% saved) coarseware. | | | | 1629 frag(s) 26.2 kg. (100% saved) cooking ware. | | Context Artifacts: | | Glass bs 1. (saved to lot); Iron nail 1, complete L 0.017 (saved to lot); Iron nail 1, square shaft, preserved L 0.029. (saved to lot); Glass opaque rim 1, vertical rim (saved to lot); bone unid phalanges 3 (saved to lot); ovis incisor 1, molar 1 (saved to lot); Glass opaque, knob 1, similar to MF 2772 (saved to lot); Glass clear bs 21 (saved to lot); glass bs 14 (saved to lot); revetment Carystos 5 (saved to lot); Glass clear blueish rim 1, outwards everted rim, diam. 0.09 (saved to lot); ovis immature phalange 2 (saved to lot); Shell mys 1. (saved to lot); Glass opaque bs 3 (saved to lot); Shell murex 1. (saved to lot); Bone dice 1, similar to MF 2005.10, L of edges 0.090 (saved to lot); shell murex brandeis 1 (saved to lot); Wall plaster, white 1, red 1 (saved to lot); Glass blueish, handle 2, from bottle, similar to MF 3727 (saved to lot); revetment schist 1 (saved to lot); Tesserae white 22, black 2 (saved to lot); grey opus sectilae 1 (saved to lot); Bronze lump 2 (saved to lot); Glass clear greenish bs 4 (saved to lot); Glass clear rim 1, vertical rim, diam. 0.09 (saved to lot); Iron nail 1, round shaft, preserved L 0.024. (saved to lot); shell murex 6 (saved to lot); revetment marble white incised 1 (saved to lot); sus maxilla 1, molar 1 (saved to lot); Glass white bs 4 (saved to lot); bone unid 70 (saved to lot); Iron nail 1, square shaft, preserved L. 0.025 (saved to lot); Glass clear rim 1, vertical thickened rim (saved to lot); stoppers 2 one cut down from amphora (saved to lot); Iron nail 1, round shaft, preserved L. 0.032 (saved to lot); Glass clear, vertical thickened rim, diam. 0.070 (saved to lot); Glass clear, vertical thickened rim 1, diam. 0.070 (saved to lot); bos molar 1 (saved to lot); shell unid 1 (saved to lot); Tesserae grey 7 (saved to lot); shell lima 4 (saved to lot); revetment marble pink 2 (saved to lot); revetment marble white 20 (saved to lot); Glass clear base 1, vertical ring, similar to MF 7241, diam. 0.0425 (saved to lot); Glass slags 3. (saved to lot); Glass clear blueish rim 1, vertical rim (saved to lot); bronze hook 1 (saved to lot); Glass clear greenish bs 5 (saved to lot); tesserae 2 (saved to lot); lamp type 28 shoulder 1 (saved to lot); lamp type 27 shoulder 5, handle 2, bs 2 (saved to lot); Floor mortar, frgt 3. (saved to lot); wall plaster 7, black 1 (saved to lot); Iron flattened frgt 1. (saved to lot); Glass clear rim 1, vertical rim (saved to lot); Glass clear base 1, disc base, similar foot with MF 12709 but the stem is more shallow, diam. 0.035 (saved to lot); revetment rosso antico 2 (saved to lot); shell gaedaropus 1 (saved to lot); Glass clear blueish bs 1 (saved to lot); bone unid 6 (saved to lot) | | Period: | | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | | Chronology: | | first half of the 5th c. AD with three definite contaminations | | Grid: | | 276.45-271.6E, 1020.65-1022.9N | | XMin: | | 271.6 | | XMax: | | 276.45 | | YMin: | | 1020.65 | | YMax: | | 1022.9 | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | Masl: | | 85.47-85.69m. | | Is Above: | | 5104 | | Is Below: | | 5089 | | References: | | Report: Nezi Field 2007 by Ioannis Sapountzis (2007-05-18 to 2007-06-07)
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