Corinth Basket Nezi Field, context 5472

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Nezi Field, context 5472
Area:		Nezi Field
Context Type:		Fill
Title:		Tile Fill
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1101
Context:		5472
Page:		0
Date:		2008/05/13
Stratum:		70%: roof tile, small to medium pebbles.
Description:		Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is dark yellowish brown. The soil compaction is soft. The soil is poorly sorted. It is sandy silt.
Notes:		Deposit 5472 is a layer characterized by the concentration of rooftile fragments it contains. The deposit extends from Wall 5411 at the northernmost point down to Wall 5216, which forms its southern boundary. To the East the deposit is truncated by the cut for the foundation trench for Wall 5284, which runs along it western face. To the west, the deposit is truncated by the following: the creation and subsequent excavation of a pit (Bothros 18, NB 254, p. ), the excavation of the deposits in which the pit was dug. The roof tiles ae being reserved during excavation in order to look for joins in the fragments. This seems relevent to the interpretation of the deposition of the tiles, as it is unclear at this point whether it represents a collapse of a structure or dumped destruction fill. Preliminary examination of the tile fragments reveals several different types of tile and no obviously joining fragments that may compose a complete tile. This favors the latter interpretation that the tile horizon represents a layer of dumped destruction debris. Also, it may be noted that the fragments at the south end are slighly smaller and lie less regularly than those at the North of the deposit. Tile: 560 frgt., 102.30 kg. The removal of deposit 5472 reveals blocks underneath Wall 5216 at the south edge of the deposit. These blocks are roughly hewn and do not fall in alignment with the fair N face of Wall 5216, rather they jut out 0.19 m from the face. These blocks may be associated with a block on the south side of Wall 5216, which was revealed by the removal of the fill of the foundation trench on th south side of the wall (Cut 5269).
Context Pottery:		Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), pitcher. 1 rim. 1 handle. 15 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. amphora. 2 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. basin. 1 rim. ; Coarseware. amphora. 2 handles. 21 bodysherds. ; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), dish. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. premedieval40 bodysherds.
Pottery Summary:		61 frag(s) 0.29 kg. (0% saved) fineware.
		149 frag(s) 4.72 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
		41 frag(s) 0.2 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		painted wall plaster red 1; iron nail with round shank L 0.045; marble revetment misc. 18 lapis lacedaemonian 1; shell water tumbled murex 1; glass clear bluish 7 beaker with outturned rim 1 bowl with thickened rim rim 2 as Jalame 6 goblet base 1 as MF 5757b yellowish 2 bowl with in curving rim rim1 as Jalame 48 blue 1; obsidian flake 1; iron slag 2; bronze pierced plaque with square corner and rounded edge; tile 12; Bone- distal+shaft humerus of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 2 example(s).; Bone- fragment horncore of Capra hircus (Goat - Domestic) - 1 example(s).; Bone- most (nearly complete) vertebrae, lumbar of Capra/Ovis sp (Goat or Sheep) - 10 example(s).; Bone- shaft femur of Capra/Ovis sp (Goat or Sheep) - 1 example(s).
Period:		Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Grid:		265.04-264.76E, 1023.8-1027.32N
XMin:		264.76
XMax:		265.04
YMin:		1023.8
YMax:		1027.32
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		84.46-84.55m.
References:		Report: Nezi Field 2008 by Jody Cundy and Megan Thompsen (2008-04-07 to 2008-06-13) Coin: 2008 110