Corinth Basket: Nezi Field, context 5850 | Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Basket | | Name: | | Nezi Field, context 5850 | | Area: | | Nezi Field | | Context Type: | | Fill | | Title: | | uncontaminated fill around pithos | | Category: | | Deposit | | Notebook: | | 1101 | | Context: | | 5850 | | Page: | | 0 | | Date: | | 2008/06/10 | | Lot: | | Lot 2008-086 | | Stratum: | | 30% inclusions: ash, pieces of charcoal, animal bone (some burnt) roof tile fragments (< .10) | | Description: | | Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is light brownish grey. The soil compaction is very soft. The soil is poorly sorted. It is sandy silt. | | Notes: | | We are excavating the uncontaminated fill east of th pithos within cut 5851. The is ashy with bits of charcoal. Portions of the animal bone show signs of scorching. The amount of roof tiles and broken pottery suggest mix-debris fill. It appears that the pit was dug down to fit the pithos. The fill around the pithos served as packing in order to secure the vessel. The placement sequence of the pithos began with 1) digging a pit large enough 2) filling the pit about .05m (83.70 EL) to seat and stablize the pithos, and 3) packing mixed fill around the pithos to secure its position. Within the fill of the around the pithos, 156 roof tiles weighing 29.5kg were recovered. Z | | Context Pottery: | | Cooking ware. ww, kettle. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. collar rim stew pot (1000-1100)1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. triangular rim stew pot (1100-1270)2 rims. 1 handle. 3 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), pitcher. 1 handle. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), bowl. 3 rims. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. measles, slipped slip painted sgraffito (1140-1160), bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. mug. 2 rims. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. dark on light slip painted, slipped (1140-1180), bowl. 3 rims. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. triangular rim amphora (1100-1260), amphora. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. basin. 1 complete profile. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. 9 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), dish. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. 13 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), bowl. 2 rims. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) . | | Pottery Summary: | | 44 frag(s) 0.05 kg. (100% saved) fineware. | | | | 316 frag(s) 5.4 kg. (100% saved) coarseware. | | | | 78 frag(s) 1.02 kg. (100% saved) cooking ware. | | Context Artifacts: | | glass clear goblet with tubular ring foot as mf-7560b base 1, bracelet as mf-2805 1; slate whetstone with pierced end similar to mf-758 1; iron nail with oval shaft 0.049 pin head 1 shaft 1 plaque with folded edge 1; shell murex 1 (saved to lot); copper foil with triangular finished edge 1; lamp classical 1 (saved to lot); bronze lumps 4 | | Period: | | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | | Chronology: | | 3rd quarter of 12th | | Grid: | | 260.65-260E, 1042.75-1043.6N | | XMin: | | 260 | | XMax: | | 260.65 | | YMin: | | 1042.75 | | YMax: | | 1043.6 | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | Masl: | | 83.65-84.41m. | | References: | | Report: Nezi Field 2008 by Thanos Webb (2008-04-07 to 2008-06-13)
Image: digital 2008 0198
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