Corinth Basket: Nezi Field, context 6059
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Basket
Name:   Nezi Field, context 6059
Area:   Nezi Field
Context Type:   Fill
Title:   Leveling Fill
Category:   Deposit
Notebook:   1103
Context:   6059
Page:   0
Date:   2009/04/10
Stratum:   Ceramic sherds; stones (small-medium pebbles; sub-rounded, angular; sherical to tabular); 10% inclusions
Description:   The soil color is dark yellowish brown. The soil compaction is firm. The soil is well sorted. It is clayey silt.
Notes:   Context 6059 is a small deposit overlying foundation trench of wall 5442 (contexts 6055, 6056) at its northern end. Plan to remove wall 5442 today so necessary to excavate this context first.
Soil was dark yellowish brown clayey silt with 10% inclusions (ceramics, stones, tile)
Context Pottery:   Coarseware. pitcher. 1 bodysherd. ; Coarseware. amphora. 1 bodysherd. ; Coarseware. basin. 1 rim.
Pottery Summary:   7 frag(s) 0.18 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
Context Artifacts:   Bone- vertebrae of Equus sp (Horse, Ass Family) - 1 example(s).
Period:   Byzantine
Chronology:   13th NPD
Grid:   267.58-267.41E, 1032.91-1033.5N
XMin:   267.41
XMax:   267.58
YMin:   1032.91
YMax:   1033.5
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
Masl:   84.45-84.48m.
References:   Report: Nezi Field 2009 by William Bruce, Scott Gallimore (2009-03-30 to 2009-04-16)
Image: digital 2009 0412