Corinth Basket: Nezi Field, context 5751
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Basket
Name:   Nezi Field, context 5751
Area:   Nezi Field
Context Type:   Surface
Title:   Courtyard surface under pebbles, 2nd deposit
Category:   Deposit
Notebook:   1101
Context:   5751
Page:   0
Date:   2008/06/02
Stratum:   40%: tile, pottery, pebbles (sm-lg), cobbles
Description:   Top slope of the context is slight down to the SW. The soil color is light reddish brown. The soil compaction is soft. The soil is poorly sorted. It is sandy silt.
Notes:   Deposit 5751 is another area of surface that was under the pebbles in Quadrant C of the courtyard. It has a somewhat hard skin over softer soil, and this softer soil is more brown than that on the surface. Excavation also revealed a patch of whitish clay in the soil below.
Context Pottery:   Fineware. premedieval8 bodysherds. ; Cooking ware. ww, kettle. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. ww cut (700-1120), pitcher. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. ww painted (700-1120), cup. 1 rim. ; Fineware. ww painted (700-1120), dish. 2 rims.
Pottery Summary:   12 frag(s) 0.05 kg. (0% saved) fineware.
    57 frag(s) 0.75 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
    18 frag(s) 0.15 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:   wall plaster yellow 1; glass clear green bs 1 bluish 3 colorless bs 3, twisted trail handle as Jalame 257 1
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   late 10th 11th century npd
Grid:   271.98-269.87E, 1032.31-1033.32N
XMin:   269.87
XMax:   271.98
YMin:   1032.31
YMax:   1033.32
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
Masl:   84.68-84.71m.
References:   Report: Nezi Field 2008 by Jody Cundy and Megan Thompsen (2008-04-07 to 2008-06-13)