| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Basket | |
| Name: | Nezi Field, context 5943 | |
| Area: | Nezi Field | |
| Context Type: | Well | |
| Title: | Fill from Well | |
| Category: | Deposit | |
| Notebook: | 1104 | |
| Context: | 5943 | |
| Page: | 0 | |
| Date: | 2010/04/08 | |
| Lot: | Lot 2010-25 | |
| Stratum: | 5% inclusions: stones (small-coarse pebbles; angular-subrounded; spherical), tile, pottery, bone | |
| Description: | Top slope of the context is moderate down to the E. The soil color is dark yellowish brown. The soil compaction is soft. The soil is poorly sorted. It is clayey silt. | |
| Notes: | N.B. Context number 5943 was not used in 2009. For consistency, it is being used during the excavation season in 2010. Context 5943 is located in the southern part of the room west of the courtyard of the Byzantine house. It was revealed during the removal of context 6679 and is defined by a cut (6326). It appears to be a fill within the cut, which is mostly rectangular, but with a circular extension to the northwest. Potentially it represents some type of robbing trench. The soil is soft, dark yellowish brown clayey silt with 5% inclusions (stones, tile, pottery, bone). A few large boulders appeared in the context, possibly from a wall. As digging continued it became clear that context 5943 is a fill associated with a circular bothros. The decision was made to take one sample for flotation and to sieve part of the dirt from the context. There was little pottery being turned up during the digging so there did not appear to be much need to sieve 100%, but a sample should be informative. Several marble fragments also turned up as well as part of a stone quern. Bothros 5943 is located approximately 2m west of bothros 6377 which appears to have nearly identical dimensions. Both of these pits also have similar north-south coordinates. Overall this pit produced few finds: pottery, bone, iron, glass One piece of pottery recovered from the pit appears to be early 13th century in date. It came from the far southern part of the pit near the top of the fill. After reviewing notes for previous contexts, it appears that this pit may actually be a Frankish pit originally dug in the 1960s. As digging progressed in the 2009 season this pit lost any definitive structure and it appears we have rediscovered the pit and are currently continuing its excavation to a lower level. This indicates that the pit dates much later than the most recently excavated contexts from this room. The boundaries of this pit were erased last year with the excavation of contexts 6658 and 6664. In the north part of the pit, several large boulders can be seen sticking out of the scarp. There is also a large slab (possibly a paving slab associated with an E-W Roman road) under these boulders. It is possible that this is the curb of the road being revealed, although the orientation would have to be checked. Since context 5943 is a continuation of a pit dug in the 1960s it appears that it was quite deep when it was originally dug in the Frankish period. Perhaps it represents a well, or at least an attempt to dig a well which may have been hindered when they came down on the road/structure. At the very least, its depth will be at least double that of what is recorded for context 5943. Numerous coins were recovered from this context including 2010-002, 2010-003, 2010-005, 2010-006, 2010-007, 2010-008. After the third coin was revealed during the digging, the decision was made to sieve several buckets to see if any other small finds were being missed. The orientation of the large slabs revealed in pit 5943 also places them in line with wall 55 at the east end of the courtyard. We decided to change contexts after 1.02m before continuing. Fills from this pit were also dug in 2008 | |
| Context Pottery: | Coarseware. pitcher3 rims. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. mid-byz, amphora. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. collar rim stew pot (1000-1100)2 rims. ; Fineware. late champs levee fine, slipped style VI (1200-1225), bowl. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. premedieval9 bodysherds. ; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), dish. 2 rims. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. inwardly sloping rim stewpot (950-150)1 rim. ; Coarseware. pedestal dish8 rims. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. Byzantine, amphora. 6 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. preroman13 bodysherds. ; Cooking ware. hemispherical bowl1 rim. | |
| Pottery Summary: | 27 frag(s) 0.37 kg. (11% saved) fineware. | |
| 241 frag(s) 5.26 kg. (5% saved) coarseware. | ||
| 59 frag(s) 0.38 kg. (5% saved) cooking ware. | ||
| Context Artifacts: | Diamond tile 1; Bronze, lump 4, strip 1; Glass, clear, white, bs 1, cup/bowl with tubular ring base 1; Lamp, nozzle 1, rim 1; Iron key (saved to lot); Plaster, green 1; Iron, lump 3; Iron, nail, shanks with rectangular profile 6, shank with round head 3 (1 complete - H. 6cm); Glass, clear, yellow, bs 1; Glass, brown, bs 1 (saved to lot); Marble, column base 1, revetement 2, mortar rim 1 (saved to lot); Shell lima lima 1 murex 1 unid 1; Bone- cranial of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 2 example(s).; Bone- cranial, maxilla of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- distal femur of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- indeterminate of Pagrus pagrus (Bream - Common) - 2 example(s).; Bone- innominate of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Aves, md (Bird - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 7 example(s).; Bone- mandible w/teeth of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- mandible w/teeth of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 2 example(s).; Bone- metacarpal of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 2 example(s).; Bone- metatarsal of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- phalanx of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 2 example(s).; Bone- rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 23 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 2 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Mammalia, sm (Mammal - Small) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tarsal, astragalus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tibia of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Mammalia, lg (Mammal - Large) - 1 example(s).; Bone- ulna of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 12 example(s). | |
| Period: | Frankish (1210-1458 AD) | |
| Chronology: | First half of 13th | |
| Grid: | 264.41-261.18E, 1032.16-1034.76N | |
| XMin: | 261.18 | |
| XMax: | 264.41 | |
| YMin: | 1032.16 | |
| YMax: | 1034.76 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| Masl: | 83.11-84.13m. | |
| References: | Report: Nezi Field 2010 by Scott Gallimore (2010-04-07 to 2010-04-23) Image: digital 2010 1016 Image: digital 2010 1017 Image: digital 2010 1018 Coins (7) Lot: LOT 2010 25 |
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