Corinth Basket: Nezi Field, context 6444
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Basket
Name:   Nezi Field, context 6444
Area:   Nezi Field
Context Type:   Foundation trench
Title:   foundation trench
Category:   Deposit
Notebook:   1103
Context:   6444
Page:   0
Date:   2009/05/25
Stratum:   ceramics, stones,(medium pebbles - cobbles; spherical, angular); 10% inclusion
Description:   The soil color is dark brownish red. The soil compaction is soft. The soil is moderately sorted. It is sandy silt.
Notes:   Context 6444 is a combination of foundation trench 5795 (cut 5796) which appears not to have been finished in 2008. It is the northern foundation trench for wall 5783. It's continuation as 6444 does not go very deep, but does put it down to the same level as 6443, the foundation, the foundation trech on the western side. Soil is dark brownish red sandy silt with approximately 10% inclusions.
Removal of 6444 revealed the lowest foundations of wall 5783 and the bottom of the foundation trench.
Context Pottery:   Coarseware. Byzantine, amphora. 3 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. Byzantine, pitcher. ; Fineware.
Pottery Summary:   17 frag(s) 0.25 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
    3 frag(s) 0.04 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Period:   Byzantine
Chronology:   Late 11th
Grid:   271.27-269.91E, 1030.66-1030.75N
XMin:   269.91
XMax:   271.27
YMin:   1030.66
YMax:   1030.75
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
Masl:   84.18-84.3m.
References:   Report: Nezi Field 2009 by Karl Goetze, Dan Leon (2009-05-25 to 2009-06-12)
Image: digital 2009 1494