| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Basket | |
| Name: | Nezi Field, context 5885 | |
| Area: | Nezi Field | |
| Context Type: | Fill | |
| Title: | Dumped fill | |
| Category: | Deposit | |
| Notebook: | 1101 | |
| Context: | 5885 | |
| Page: | 0 | |
| Date: | 2008/06/12 | |
| Lot: | Lot 2008-085 | |
| Stratum: | 40% inclusions: roof tile fragments (<.15m), fragmented pottery (<.10m), large cobbles (<.15m), a few boulders | |
| Description: | Top slope of the context is slight down to the N. The soil color is dark yellowish brown. The soil compaction is compact. The soil is poorly sorted. It is sandy silt. | |
| Notes: | We are excavating to roof tile fill south of structure 5888, under 5879. So far it has revealed a density of roof tiles and large cobbles. On top of this density, in the corner where wall 5678 and 5562 meet, a number of iron objects were found within the fill. Also, with the iron objects, 2 articulated Artiodactyl vertebrae were uncovered in situ. Perhaps it is refuse left in a corner of room? The problem with this hypothesis is that the iron objects are not lying on a floor surface (as in Jody and Nat's area where they found a couple of iron objects associated with two articulated Artiodactyl vertebrae lying on a floor. As excavation continued in the area of the iron objects, a whole cache of iron was recovered, more than 50 pieces. Nicole the conservator came out to remove them and James Herbst drew them in situ. There are door lock covers, many nails, and other tools that will be identified after cleaning. This context is not finished. We had to stop due to the iron objects that were recovered on the last day of excavation Also, in order to remove the objects, we had to dig around and under them. A small circular pit in the SE corner of the context with a diameter of about 1 meter appears. Roof tiles: 112n=25kg | |
| Context Pottery: | Cooking ware. inwardly sloping rim stewpot (950-150)1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. amphora. 4 handles. 46 bodysherds. ; Fineware. 35 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. basin. ; Coarseware. pitcher. 6 rims. 34 bodysherds. ; Cooking ware. mug. 1 handle. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. collar rim stew pot (1000-1100), stewpot. 7 rims. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. amphora. 7 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. amphora. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) . | |
| Pottery Summary: | 35 frag(s) 0.2 kg. (0% saved) fineware. | |
| 466 frag(s) 9.3 kg. (0% saved) coarseware. | ||
| 154 frag(s) 1.58 kg. (6% saved) cooking ware. | ||
| Context Artifacts: | iron nails 21 (saved to lot); raw glass/glass slag? 1; iron locks 7 (incl. 3 inv.) (saved to lot); olive pit 1 (natural substances drawer) (saved to lot); glass clear goblet with green bubbly glass as mf-267 stem 1, handle/test drip? Circular section green bubbly swirls 1; iron spike shaft 1; bronze disc diam 0.04; iron frgs (incl. frgs melted together) 63 (saved to lot); lead rod with melted edges 1 (saved to lot) | |
| Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
| Chronology: | 11th npd | |
| Grid: | 261.75-260.75E, 1038.68-1040.9N | |
| XMin: | 260.75 | |
| XMax: | 261.75 | |
| YMin: | 1038.68 | |
| YMax: | 1040.9 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| Masl: | 84.14-84.48m. | |
| References: | Report: Nezi Field 2008 by Thanos Webb (2008-04-07 to 2008-06-13) Image: digital 2008 0212 Object: MF 2008 28 Object: MF 2008 29 Object: MF 2008 30 |
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