Corinth Basket: Nezi Field, context 6596
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Basket
Name:   Nezi Field, context 6596
Area:   Nezi Field
Context Type:   Fill
Title:   leveling fill below pebble floors
Category:   Deposit
Notebook:   1103
Context:   6596
Page:   0
Date:   2009/06/05
Stratum:   5% tile frags, pottery, rounded pebbles
Description:   Top slope of the context is slight down to the E. The soil color is light brownish grey. The soil compaction is weakly cemented. The soil is poorly sorted. It is sandy silt.
Notes:   6596 was opened as a harder deposit below 6595. Few inclusions. May be floor packing. This deposit is similar in composition and inclusions to the other fills below the floor patches in this area.
Context Pottery:   Coarseware. pitcher. 1 bodysherd.
Pottery Summary:   14 frag(s) 0.17 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
    3 frag(s) 0.01 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:   shell murex 2; Bone- Not in Table - 1 example(s).; Bone- cranial of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 4 example(s).; Bone- humerus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- innominate of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 3 example(s).; Bone- mandible of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 fragment(s). ; Bone- radius of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- rib of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 3 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 2 example(s).
Period:   Byzantine
Chronology:   early 12th
Grid:   279.61-278.52E, 1029.75-1030.78N
XMin:   278.52
XMax:   279.61
YMin:   1029.75
YMax:   1030.78
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
Masl:   84.9-85.01m.
References:   Report: Nezi Field 2009 by Martin Wells, Katie Rask (2009-06-17 to 2009-06-18)
Image: digital 2009 2189