| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Basket | |
| Name: | Nezi Field, context 6557 | |
| Area: | Nezi Field | |
| Context Type: | Fill | |
| Title: | Dumped tile fill | |
| Category: | Deposit | |
| Notebook: | 1103 | |
| Context: | 6557 | |
| Page: | 0 | |
| Date: | 2009/06/02 | |
| Stratum: | 90% tiles with some angular cobbles, pottery, rounded cobbles | |
| Description: | Top slope of the context is moderate down to the W. The soil color is dark reddish brown. The soil compaction is loose. The soil is very poorly sorted. It is silty sand. | |
| Notes: | 6557 is opened as the tile deposit laid against the western face of 10086. The the north it reaches the sides of a cut, to the south it reaches wall 6052, to the west the relations are as yet unknown. Because there are so many tiles here, the compaction is quite loose. | |
| Context Pottery: | Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), chafing dish. 1 rim. ; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), plate. 2 rims. ; Fineware. ww polychrome (1050-1120), cup. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww plastic (700-1120), cup. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), cup. 1 rim. ; Coarseware. ; Coarseware. amphora. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. premedieval2 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. amphora. 2 rims. 2 handles. 11 bodysherds. | |
| Pottery Summary: | 8 frag(s) 0.06 kg. (13% saved) fineware. | |
| 104 frag(s) 4.39 kg. (0% saved) coarseware. | ||
| 7 frag(s) 0.09 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware. | ||
| Context Artifacts: | Bone- femur of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- femur of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- humerus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- humerus of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- indeterminate of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 4 example(s).; Bone- innominate of B. taurus (Cattle) - 1 example(s).; Bone- Not in Table - 1 example(s).; Bone- mandible w/teeth of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- mandible w/teeth of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- radius of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 2 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 4 example(s).; Bone- tarsal, astragalus of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tibia of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 fragment(s). | |
| Period: | Byzantine | |
| Chronology: | late 10th/11th century | |
| Grid: | 281.51-280.85E, 1028.58-1030.25N | |
| XMin: | 280.85 | |
| XMax: | 281.51 | |
| YMin: | 1028.58 | |
| YMax: | 1030.25 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| Masl: | 84.09-84.54m. | |
| References: | Report: Nezi Field 2009 by Martin Wells, Katie Rask (2009-06-17 to 2009-06-18) |