Corinth Basket Nezi Field, context 5538

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Nezi Field, context 5538
Area:		Nezi Field
Context Type:		Fill
Title:		Martyr from 1960s excavations, stratum III
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1101
Context:		5538
Page:		0
Date:		2008/05/19
Stratum:		50% total inclusions: 10% pottery, 10% tile, 20% pebbles to cobbles (fine to coarse pebbles, rounded to angular, spherical to platy), 10% boulders
Description:		Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is light yellowish brown. The soil compaction is soft. The soil is poorly sorted. It is silty sand.
Notes:		This is the third stratum of the 1960s excavation martyr which we are removing in order to better understand the walls and the room which the martyr occupies as well as preparing for the removal of walls 5490 and 5485. Panos began the first pass in the west and is moving east. At the west end there is a harder area under this first pass with more clayey bits in it. And along the southern edge of the martyr (the edge of the bothroi) the soil gets softer, but this is along the same line as the division between 5502 and 5526, which could be caused by errosion into the bothroi or could be a geniune context division. Panos will finish this pass and we will then assess what to do about these possibe different contexts. Once the stratum was cleared, it was clear that this soft and hard patches were consistent throughout the next stratum, thus we will dig it as one context. But before this, a patch of dark brown soil without so many boulders in it was revealed in the NE corner of the martyr. This we think is a cut in the next stratum of the martyr, therefore, we will remove it before continuing with the rest of the martyr. When Panos cleared out our supposed cut in the martyr it was clear that the "cut" was another stratum of the martyr which continued under what we've called the "next stratum" above. Because of this we are digging the "next stratum", with all its hard and soft patches (the soft areas are of the same soil type as described on the other side; the hard areas are light reddish brown, sandier than the softer soil and more compact), as a continuation of stratum III (5538). The cleaner, dark brown soil will be stratum IV. The second pass Panos began from east to west. In roughly the center of the martyr was revealed a large block of gypsum (0.17m x 0.26m x 0.15m) and another of green schist (0.15m x 0.24m x 0.05m). In the west under the second pass was revealed a layer of tile, just above where a floor was located when we cleared the north face of the martyr (5523). This layer of tile is probably a destruction level of a collapsed roof. We will remove these tiles as a new context in the martyr and save them to see if we can reassemble the tiles; by doing this we will be able to confirm that this layer of tile is a roof collapse. What remained of 5544 (that of which went under 5538) was taken with 5538 as both were over the layer of tile. The tile layer has been found under the majority of the martyr and could have covered the whole floor of this room.
Context Pottery:		Fineware. luster, plate. 2 rims. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), bowl. 1 rim. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100)4 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. glaze painted IV, slipped (1220-1260), goblet. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. sgraffito II, slipped painted (1200-1260), dish. 1 rim. 6 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. measles, slipped slip painted sgraffito (1140-1160), bowl. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. glaze painted II/III, slipped (1140-1160), bowl. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. coarse incised, slipped style VI (1200-1220)2 rims. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. frit1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. spotted, slip painted (1100-1200), cup. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. glaze painted IV, slipped (1220-1260), bowl. 2 rims. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), bowl. 3 rims. 19 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww plastic (700-1120), cup. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ; Fineware. sgraffito II, slipped painted (1200-1260), bowl. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. glaze painted III, slipped (1160-1200)3 rims. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. pre-medieval26 bodysherds. ; Fineware. medalions, slipped style III (1170-1200)1 complete profile. (saved to lot) .
Pottery Summary:		90 frag(s) 0.95 kg. (72% saved) fineware.
		611 frag(s) 9.38 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
		114 frag(s) 1.15 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		sheel patella 1; Glass clear yellowish bs 2, greenish bs 4, clear bluish flat base 1; Glass clear yellowish waster 1; Iron nails square shank 6; Glass clear bluish Diam. 0.06 (as MF 4382) base 1; Bronze flat strip 4; Iron loop 0.03x0.04m 1; Glass clear yellowish decorated with prunts (as Corinth XII, 743, 744, 745) bs 1; Bronze crochet hook 1; Lead button 1; Iron lump 3; Glass clear yellowish Diam. 0.07incised line in interior rim 2; Glass clear bluish handle 1; Bone- complete limb bone, undiff. of Aves, md (Bird - Medium) - 7 example(s).; Bone- complete phalanx of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 2 example(s).; Bone- complete phalanx, 1st of B. taurus (Cattle) - 1 example(s).; Bone- complete phalanx, 1st of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 example(s).; Bone- complete tarsal, astragalus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 example(s).; Bone- distal+shaft femur of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- distal+shaft humerus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 example(s).; Bone- distal+shaft tibia of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 example(s).; Bone- distal+shaft tibia of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- fragment cranial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 6 example(s).; Bone- fragment cranial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 3 example(s).; Bone- fragment horncore of Capra hircus (Goat - Domestic) - 2 example(s).; Bone- most (nearly complete) metapodial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 example(s).; Bone- most (nearly complete) metapodial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 2 example(s).; Bone- proximal+shaft metatarsal of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- proximal+shaft metatarsal of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- proximal+shaft radius of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- proximal+shaft tibia of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- shaft humerus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- shaft limb bone, undiff. of Ruminant, sm (Ruminant, sm) - 15 example(s).; Bone- shaft metapodial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 5 example(s).; Bone- shaft radius of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- shaft tibia of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- shaft tibia of Ruminant, sm (Ruminant, sm) - 1 example(s).; Bone- shaft, proximal humerus of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).
Period:		Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Chronology:		third quarter of the 13th c.
Grid:		270.62-267.02E, 1023.57-1027.27N
XMin:		267.02
XMax:		270.62
YMin:		1023.57
YMax:		1027.27
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		84.74-85.18m.
References:		Report: Nezi Field 2008 by Anne C. Feltovich, Catherine W. Person and Emily M. Rush (2008-05-05 to 2008-06-14) Object: MF 2008 11 Coins (5)