Corinth Basket: Nezi Field, context 5555
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Basket
Name:   Nezi Field, context 5555
Area:   Nezi Field
Context Type:   Pit
Title:   Pit Fill on Pebbly Surface
Category:   Deposit
Notebook:   1101
Context:   5555
Page:   0
Date:   2008/05/20
Stratum:   Pebbles, angular, spherical, tabular. Roof tile fragments, 20%.
Description:   Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is dark reddish brown. The soil compaction is soft. The soil is poorly sorted. It is sandy silt.
Notes:   Deposit 5555 is the fill of a semi circular pit cut through both cement floor and pebbly surface that runs southward from Wall 5463. The northern portion of th deposit is cut by the robbing trench 5549 and its fill 5545. The tiley inclusions of the fill 5555 are visible in the south scarp of the robbing trench.
Context Pottery:   Coarseware. pitcher. 8 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. burnished pitcher. 5 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. cloche lid. 1 rim. 2 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. amphora. 3 bodysherds. ; Fineware. premedieval12 bodysherds.
Pottery Summary:   12 frag(s) 0.02 kg. (0% saved) fineware.
    79 frag(s) 1.4 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
    39 frag(s) 0.19 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:   iron strip 1; iron lump 1; iron nail 1; stone tessera 1; glass colorless 1; wall plaster backing 1
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   late 11th/early 12th
Grid:   267.56-266.96E, 1034.92-1035.56N
XMin:   266.96
XMax:   267.56
YMin:   1034.92
YMax:   1035.56
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
Masl:   84.45-84.81m.
References:   Report: Nezi Field 2008 by Jody Cundy and Megan Thompsen (2008-04-07 to 2008-06-13)
Image: digital 2008 0117