| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Basket | |
| Name: | Nezi Field, context 6703 | |
| Area: | Nezi Field | |
| Context Type: | Fill | |
| Title: | Leveling Fill / Dumped Fill | |
| Category: | Deposit | |
| Notebook: | 1104 | |
| Context: | 6703 | |
| Page: | 0 | |
| Date: | 2010/04/12 | |
| Lot: | Lot 2010-002 | |
| Stratum: | 15% inclusions: small to medium sized pebbles/stones, pottery, tile, small lenses of calcium carbonate | |
| Description: | Top slope of the context is uneven. The soil color is light reddish brown. The soil compaction is loose. The soil is poorly sorted. It is coarse sand. | |
| Notes: | Context 6703 is a leveling fill of dumped and abandoned material, both man-made and natural. 6703 = 6699 = 6696 -- all of the contexts were cut by wall 5678. The context 6701 was most likely a natural accumulation of clayish soil that collected in the area where the fill met the walls 5677 and 5562, within the fill 6703 = 6699. The Eastern boundary of the fill is unclear due to the robbing trench 5802. The removal of fill 6703 has reveled sections of the marble tile floor, 5710, laid in the same pattern as was uncovered in the excavation of 6696. In some places, the fill ends on a more compact, thin, soil surface directly on top of the marble tile floor; we uncovered a similar compact surface over the marble tiles at the bottom of 6696. This compact layer is probably part of the early abandonment of the area, made compact by foot traffic, exposure, and the subsequent fill. The removal of context 6703 is complicated by the presence of the 12th c. built pithos and the related cuttings around it (5504 = pithos; 5515, 5486 = cuts). Cut 5486 is nearly unidentifiable at this point, although we have attempted to define its borders. The accumulated fill of 6703 (= 6699 = 6696) overlays all of the marble tile floor. | |
| Context Pottery: | Cooking ware. concave thickened rim stewpot (800-950)2 rims. ; Cooking ware. collar rim stew pot (1000-1100)1 rim. ; Cooking ware. collar rim stew pot (1000-1100)2 rims. ; Coarseware. pitcher. 1 rim. 51 bodysherds. ; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), plate. 1 bodysherd. ; Cooking ware. ; Fineware. preroman10 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. amphora. 2 rims. 1 handle. 65 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. ; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), chafing dish. ; Cooking ware. pitcher. 1 rim. 9 bodysherds. ; Fineware. premedieval9 bodysherds. ; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), kettle. 1 bodysherd. | |
| Pottery Summary: | 22 frag(s) 0.09 kg. (100% saved) fineware. | |
| 195 frag(s) 5.04 kg. (100% saved) coarseware. | ||
| 97 frag(s) 1.09 kg. (100% saved) cooking ware. | ||
| Context Artifacts: | lamp type 16 handle 1; rock chrystal 1; iron nail 2 max. H. 0.053; white marble low relief floral plaque max. p. H. 0.097, Th. 0.031, max. p. W. 0.105; shell murex 1; shell unidentified 1; marble revetment 12; lamp attic imported glazed shoulder 1; glass clear blue bs 4 green bs 2 yellow bs 2 incl 1 with buldge colorless goblet foot 1; Bone- cranial of Mammalia, lg (Mammal - Large) - 4 example(s).; Bone- distal humerus of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 2 example(s).; Bone- indeterminate of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 18 example(s).; Bone- innominate of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- innominate of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 2 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Aves, md (Bird - Medium) - 2 example(s).; Bone- mandible of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 3 example(s).; Bone- maxilla of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 3 example(s).; Bone- metacarpal of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 2 example(s).; Bone- proximal radius of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- proximal ulna of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- radioulna of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 34 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 6 example(s).; Bone- tarsal of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tarsal, astragalus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tibia of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Equus sp (Horse, Ass Family) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 2 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 17 example(s). | |
| Period: | Byzantine | |
| Chronology: | 10th-11th c., npd | |
| Grid: | 265.31-262.37E, 1039.53-1042.09N | |
| XMin: | 262.37 | |
| XMax: | 265.31 | |
| YMin: | 1039.53 | |
| YMax: | 1042.09 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| Masl: | 84.2-84.23m. | |
| References: | Report: Nezi Field 2010 by Paga, Jessica (2010-04-07 to 2010-04-23) Image: digital 2010 1023 Image: digital 2010 1024 |
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