| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Basket | |
| Name: | Nezi Field, context 5490 | |
| Area: | Nezi Field | |
| Context Type: | Wall | |
| Title: | Late Frankish wall in Room bounded on west by wall | |
| Category: | Cut | |
| Notebook: | 1101 | |
| Context: | 5490 | |
| Page: | 0 | |
| Date: | 2008/05/14 | |
| Stratum: | 25% inclusions of pebbles, pottery | |
| Description: | The soil color is light yellowish brown. The soil compaction is loose. The soil is well sorted. It is sandy silt. Structure materials: Limestone, roof tiles. Material size: Limestone: 0.39x0.18x0.16, tile: 0.10x0.03. Material finish: mixed. Material construction: regular coursed. Material bonding: mud with pebbles. | |
| Notes: | This wall on the west side of the Room bounded on the west by wall 5284 was constructed over wall 5485 and also the Late Frankish bothros excavated in the 1960s (Bothros I). In order to excavate this bothros the south end of the wall was removed (NB 229, p. 180). This second phase of the construction of this wall is distinguished from the lower first phase (5485) because it is built using smaller stones or either roughly hewn or unworked finish and more tile pieces. The north end of this phase of the wall is finished and one of the larger stones is placed vertically and projects roughly 0.07m out from the finished north face of the wall along the west face of the wall - this we interpret to be a door jamb although there is no evidence for a door on the threshold blocks. The wall is constructed in random courses with emphasis on the northern corners of the wall (random coursing with quions stressed). This stretch of wall is built over a large squared block of the earlier phase. On this stone on the northeast corner is vertically placed a large stone (0.16m x 0.34m x 0.46m). Behind this stone moving south along the east face there are two courses of smaller stone with tile in between each course and a third course of flat stones and thick tile. Placed on top of the large stone and the third course made of the flat stones is another large stone placed horizontally (0.38m x 0.16m x 0.32m). These are the only readable courses on the east face. Above the upper horizontal big stone is another stone stuck to the wall with the mud bonding but not much can be said of its courses as it is all that is left. The north face has the two large blocks just described (both squared) as well as another large stone, also squared, set vertically (0.58m x 0.24m x 0.15m) - altogether they stress the north corners of this wall. Between the horizontal large stone of the NE corner and the vertical large stone of the NW corner there is a triangular shaped area of fill of small stone and tile. This wall will probably be removed because it is too late in date. See context sheet for sketches of the N and E faces of the wall. Revised 12.6.08 ACF: Rather than a later phase of 5485, we believe this is the superstructure with 5485, which is foundation. We believe the north face of 5485 is the southern door jamb, as described above, and the nothern door jamb has been lost but we know it must have been there because the stones of wall 5411 are higher than the top of 5485, blocking the entrance to the room in this part. This leaves an 0.80 m gap north of the known door jamb where the door could have been. REVISED 7.5.09 KJS After completing excavation in the room to the east, we have decided to move into this area and start trying to bring it down to the same level. We have no changes to make to the previous notes and agree with all the interpretations of this structure. We will begin by excavating the later pahse, 5490 since it seems to be the latest structure in this area. A large piece of marble column spolia was built into this wall 5490 ca. l .65 x w .3 x d. .3 m (it has been placed with some other marble pieces in the SW corner of the site. As previously mentioned, 5490 seems to have been a superstructure, with 5485 as its foundation. 5490 may have formed a doorway on its N side since this side was well-worked and finished although no cuttings for a door jamb are apparent. | |
| Context Pottery: | Fineware. pre-medieval1 bodysherd. ; Cooking ware. collar rim stew pot (1000-1100)1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), bowl. 1 rim. | |
| Pottery Summary: | 13 frag(s) 0.2 kg. (0% saved) coarseware. | |
| 5 frag(s) 0.04 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware. | ||
| Context Artifacts: | bronze strip 1 | |
| Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
| Chronology: | third quarter of the 12th c. | |
| Grid: | 267.13-266.12E, 1025.49-1027.91N | |
| XMin: | 266.12 | |
| XMax: | 267.13 | |
| YMin: | 1025.49 | |
| YMax: | 1027.91 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| Masl: | 85.33-86.11m. | |
| References: | Report: Nezi Field 2008 by Anne C. Feltovich, Catherine W. Person and Emily M. Rush (2008-05-05 to 2008-06-14) Report: Nezi Field 2009 by spongberg hammond lima (2009-05-20 to 2009-05-21) Images (4) |