| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Basket | |
| Name: | Nezi Field, context 5931 | |
| Area: | Nezi Field | |
| Context Type: | Fill | |
| Title: | Leveling fill | |
| Category: | Deposit | |
| Notebook: | 1103 | |
| Context: | 5931 | |
| Page: | 0 | |
| Date: | 2009/04/01 | |
| Lot: | Lot 2009-006 | |
| Stratum: | Ceramic sherds (primarily tile fragments); ash/charcoal; stones (rounded to sub-rounded); sperical to tabular; medium cobbles to pebbles. | |
| Description: | Top slope of the context is moderate down to the NW. The soil color is dark yellowish brown. The soil compaction is firm. The soil is poorly sorted. It is clayey silt. | |
| Notes: | Coin 2009:16 (E265.88; N1037.49; H84.52) Context 5931 is apparent leveling fill in west half of room north of courtyard of Byzantine house. One of a series of such fills in this room with those in east half running beneath those in west half. This is currently lastest of the filles making it logical choice for excavation. In northern part of context 5931 had been a tile platform (context 5930) which was removed. Fill contained large number of small tile fragments. Excavation of context 5931 revealed that larger tiles on western edge of context do in fact represent a leveling course for a wall. Soil for this leveling course was more compact. Within the fill also several fragments of bone and teeth and a fragment of a millstone. A coin (2009-16) was also reovered. Also a small bronze ring and a TC antefix. Revealed beneath context 5931 was surface of compact earth with no tile evident. The concentration of ash and charcoal continued to be in SW corner. The ash/charcoal was much more evident on surface which was revealed. The revealed surface appears to be a floor. Context 5931 also continued across robbing trench to its western edge. In northern part of context 5931 the removal revealed a surface with compacted soil and jumbled tile. This may overlie the floor surface revealed farther to the south by removal of context 5931. Soil from context 5931 was soft clayey silt which had been compacted down around the tile and other fill. It was poorly sorted with tile fragments with stones of various sizes (pebbles to medium cobbles). Inclusions were approximately 30%. Context 5931 cuts partly into a small section of the leveling course for a wall revealed by removal of context 5931. At northern edge of context 5931, smaller concentration of ash/charcoal appeared. A similar deposit also appeared in center of context. | |
| Context Pottery: | Fineware. Premedieval 10 (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. basin. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. chafing dish. 1 handle. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), pitcher. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. ww, pitcher. 1 handle. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. pitcher. 3 handles. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. ww, mug. 3 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Byzantine, amphora. 1 handle. 14 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Magreb, plate. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. mug. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. collar rim stew pot (1000-1100)1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. burnished pitcher, pitcher. 1 handle. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. pithos. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) . | |
| Pottery Summary: | 11 frag(s) 0.12 kg. (100% saved) fineware. | |
| 183 frag(s) 6.9 kg. (100% saved) coarseware. | ||
| 21 frag(s) 0.32 kg. (100% saved) cooking ware. | ||
| Context Artifacts: | Shell murex 1 (saved to lot); Stone andesite Bowl Rim 1 (saved to lot); Marble revetment 2 (saved to lot); Iron spike 1 (saved to lot); Bronze ring 1 Diam. 0.15m, Th. 0.003m (saved to lot); Bronze arc with pointed ends 1 (saved to lot); Antefix 1 (saved to lot); Bone- humerus of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- mandible of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 example(s).; Bone- radius of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- rib of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 2 example(s).; Bone- tibia of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s). | |
| Period: | Byzantine | |
| Chronology: | 12th-13th NPD | |
| Grid: | 266.95-264.65E, 1035.45-1039.15N | |
| XMin: | 264.65 | |
| XMax: | 266.95 | |
| YMin: | 1035.45 | |
| YMax: | 1039.15 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| Masl: | 84.39-84.59m. | |
| References: | Report: Nezi Field 2009 by William Bruce, Scott Gallimore (2009-03-30 to 2009-04-16) Image: digital 2009 0353 Object: C 2009 12 Coin: 2009 16 |
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