Corinth Basket: Nezi Field, context 7117
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Basket
Name:   Nezi Field, context 7117
Area:   Nezi Field
Context Type:   Fill
Title:   Compacted earth between clay floors
Category:   Deposit
Notebook:   1104
Context:   7117
Page:   0
Date:   2010/06/07
Lot:   Lot 2010-054
Stratum:   10% some fine and mdium angular spherical pebbles, and many clumps of greyish white clay.
Description:   Top slope of the context is slight down to the N. The soil color is light reddish brown. The soil compaction is hard. The soil is moderately sorted. It is sandy silt.
Notes:   This context is a compacted earth layer in the central area of the ‘pithos’ room of Room F E-half. It abuts wall 5334 to the S, and is cut by later trenches to the N, E, and W. This area appears to have been a compacted earth construction floor between two clay floors.
Context Pottery:   Fineware. pre roman143 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. amphora. 1 handle. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. type 1, decanter. (saved to lot) .
Pottery Summary:   143 frag(s) 0.24 kg. (100% saved) fineware.
    138 frag(s) 0.93 kg. (1% saved) coarseware.
    24 frag(s) 0.1 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Period:   Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD)
Chronology:   late 1st/early 2nd
Grid:   275.12-274.76E, 1015.04-1019.84N
XMin:   274.76
XMax:   275.12
YMin:   1015.04
YMax:   1019.84
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
Masl:   85.42-85.54m.
References:   Report: Nezi Field 2010 by W. Flint Dibble; Mark F. Piskorowski (2010-06-01 to 2010-06-21)
Image: digital 2010 1185
Image: digital 2010 1186