Corinth Basket Nezi Field, context 5323

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Nezi Field, context 5323
Area:		Nezi Field
Context Type:		Foundation trench
Title:		foundation trench fill
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1101
Context:		5323
Page:		0
Date:		2008/04/22
Lot:		Lot 2008-028
Stratum:		inclusions: 25% medium to coarse pebbles with some cobbles, mostly subrounded spherical to tabular; rare small chunks of carbon
Description:		Top slope of the context is uneven. The soil color is light yellowish brown. The soil compaction is soft. The soil is moderately sorted. It is sandy silt.
Notes:		This context is an area of softer soil north of W23. It lies between contexts 5110 and 5105 from last season. Later note: this context has been expanded to the soil underlying 5110 and 5105. The floor dug as 5314 lay over part of the original extent of this context, the area north of W23 in the center. At least one of the tiles in this context is diamond shaped. We have decided to expand this context to include the fill below last year's context 5105, which is the same as the other fill in this context. We also removed the baulk left last year between 5105 and 5106. We reached the bottom of the context on the west side and found the continuation of W20 north of W23. We found some tesserae and are sending them to the museum. We have also found some chunks of white concrete. Because of the interaction with the continuation of W20, the bottom in the west side of the trench is significantly higher than in the east side. The soil beneath the west side is harder than this context with more clay and carbon chunks. We found a burnt olive pit. We have also expanded this context to include the fill below last year's 5110, which has more ceramic inclusions but is the same soil. We found part of a terracotta figurine from the sieve, which we are sending to the museum, and we are also sending 2 lamp fragments. In the center, we have come down on soil that is softer and has more ceramic inclusions than that under the west of this context, but it is slightly harder and has fewer stones and ceramic inclusions than this context did. The far east side also came down on harder soil. The softer soil begins 1.80m from the west wall (W22) and ends 1.05m from the east side of the trench. We believe the softer soil may represent a pit that was cut by the trench, since the softer soil seems to stretch under the fill to the north. The bottom of the trench also slopes up on the east. We have also revealed a stone in W23 approx. 2.25m from the west wall (W22) with a length of 0.44m and extending a max of 0.10m out of W23. The context for the foundation trench cut is 5239. This context contained 232 tiles weighing 41.7kg.
Context Pottery:		Fineware. ESA, bowl. 1 bodysherd. ; Coarseware. LR 2, amphora. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. interior glaze, basin. ; Coarseware. nied 77. 1 rim. 2 handles. 7 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. table amphora. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. AfRS, unidentified. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. Gaza?1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. basin. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. stewpot. 2 rims. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. pre-Roman55 bodysherds. ; Cooking ware. flat lid. 1 complete profile. (saved to lot) .
Pottery Summary:		60 frag(s) 0.44 kg. (3% saved) fineware.
		345 frag(s) 7.34 kg. (3% saved) coarseware.
		219 frag(s) 2.1 kg. (3% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		terracotta figurine horse and rider 1 (saved to lot); glass clear blue bs 3, flat base (cup?) 1 (saved to lot); bronze hoop (buckle? Button?) 1 (saved to lot); plaster red 6, yellow 2, white 2 (saved to lot); shell noae arcae 1 (saved to lot); glass clear white bs 10, thickened rim 2 (saved to lot); iron nail shank 1; shell noae 1; lamp type XXVIII, with double-spiral and animal, mid 3rd- 4th (cf. Cor. IV.2, fig 48 n. 18, Cor XVIII.2, L4286, no. 47) (saved to lot); bone & shell 1 box (saved to lot); revetment grey 3, white 3 (saved to lot); tile 4 - discarded (saved to lot); iron hook, 1 (saved to lot); lamp unidentified base 1, Attic glazed handle 1 (saved to lot); shell lima 1; lamp type XXVII glazed or type XXV (saved to lot); tesserae 2 red, 3 white, 1 black (saved to lot); shell nostra 1; iron nails, 2 (saved to lot); Bone- complete tarsal, astragalus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- of Aves, md (Bird - Medium) - 4 example(s).; Bone- fragment phalanx, 1st of Ruminant, sm (Ruminant, sm) - 1 example(s).; Bone- fragment rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 20 example(s).; Bone- fragment scapula of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 3 example(s).; Bone- fragment scapula of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- fragment vertebrae, lumbar of Ruminant, sm (Ruminant, sm) - 4 example(s).; Bone- half phalanx, 3rd of B. taurus (Cattle) - 1 example(s).; Bone- most (nearly complete) metacarpal of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- most (nearly complete) metatarsal of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- most (nearly complete) phalanx, 2nd of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 3 example(s).; Bone- most (nearly complete) phalanx, 3rd of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- shaft limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 5 example(s).; Bone- shaft limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- shaft limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 2 example(s).; Bone- shaft, distal tibia of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).
Period:		Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:		400-500
Grid:		276.51-271.77E, 1020.72-1021.43N
XMin:		271.77
XMax:		276.51
YMin:		1020.72
YMax:		1021.43
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		85.12-85.57m.
References:		Report: Nezi Field 2008 by Nathan T. Arrington and Andrew (Drew) W. Sweet (2008-04-07 to 2008-04-23) Image: digital 2008 0048 Coin: 2008 79