| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Basket | |
| Name: | Nezi Field, context 87 | |
| Area: | Nezi Field | |
| Title: | Fill of robbing trench for N-S wall at ca. 1007N/2 | |
| Category: | Deposit | |
| Notebook: | 1100 | |
| Context: | 87 | |
| Page: | 0 | |
| Date: | 2007/05/11 | |
| Stratum: | 15% inclusions: mostly small and medium angular pebbles in this deposits; also including tile, bone, roots, and 1 or 2 subangular cobbles. | |
| Description: | Top slope of the context is slight down to the SE. Bottom slope of the context is slight down to the SEThe soil color is dark yellowish brown. The soil compaction is very soft. The soil is poorly sorted. It is sandy silt. | |
| Notes: | [Later note: See B141.] On the morning of 09 May, Guy identified on the west side of the pit/well (cut=B71) a deposit of soft soil which was cut by the pit and in turn cut all ofther deposits around it. This context was revealed by the removal of B65. It cuts into the cobble-rich soil to the north, and into a less cobbly layer to the west; it also cuts into the deposit revealed below B52 to the south (B82). Billy determined that this layer does not continue under the clay floor to the SE. From the side of B71 we can see that B87 goes down until it ends at the level of another clay floor (reddish clay, from the look of it). Bill began from the south and worked his way north. As he dug down in the north part of the deposit, he was no longer able to find the cut. The soil where the cut disappeared turned orangish, so Guy believes that there was some overdigging. The dark grayish fill of B87 continues a bit further east around the rim of the pit than we originally thought, so Bill continued to dig it carefully in hopes of finding the cut there, which will hopefully help in reconstructing where about the lost part of the cut was. After cleaning basket B91 was removed, we placed plastic on the bottom of the pit so as not to have to open another cleaning basket when more dirt spills into the pit from this basket or any other. On all sides this layer gave way to more soft soil, but soil that was reddish in color. When we hit red we closed the basket. Removing this basket revealed 2 or 3 stones which could possibly be associated with the robbed out wall immediately to the south of the "robbing trench" (B82). Now that we can see how this basket relates to the N-S wall, the best interpretation for this basket is that it is the fill of a robbing trench for this wall in this spot. The west cut of the robbing trench was defined during the excavation of this basket, but the E side of the robbing trench was truncated by the digging of the big pit (cut=B71). This robbing is localized here and this N-S wall does not appear to have been robbed at the same depth to the S or to the N. | |
| Context Pottery: | Coarseware. large basin1 rim. ; Fineware. sgraffito, slipped style II (1140-1170)1 bodysherd. ; Coarseware. plain, stamnos/amphora. 18 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. matte painted, amphora. 2 bodysherds. ; Cooking ware. triangular rim stew pot (1100-1270)2 rims. ; Cooking ware. vertical rim stewpot (1270-1320)1 handle. ; Cooking ware. collar rim stew pot (1000-1100)1 rim. ; Coarseware. plain, stamnos. 1 rim. ; Coarseware. small pithos1 rim. ; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300)1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. slipped painted IV1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. late sgraffito, slipped style VII (1250-1300)1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. protomaiolica, slipped (1260-1325), bowl. 1 rim. ; Coarseware. matte painted, stamnos. 1 rim. ; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), dish. 1 rim. | |
| Pottery Summary: | 12 frag(s) 0.16 kg. (0% saved) fineware. | |
| 162 frag(s) 2.72 kg. (0% saved) coarseware. | ||
| 60 frag(s) 1.06 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware. | ||
| Context Artifacts: | glass clear colorless rim 1; Frankish candle stick lamp rim 1; bone ovis incisor 1; unidentified 30; glass clear colorless bowl wheel-polished rim two broad grooves under rim (cf. Jalame p.95 #465) rim 1 (saved to lot); bone bos horn core 1phalange 1; bone fowl 1 | |
| Period: | Frankish (1210-1458 AD) | |
| Chronology: | late 13th early to 14th | |
| Grid: | 266.98-266.51E, 1006.67-1007.7N | |
| XMin: | 266.51 | |
| XMax: | 266.98 | |
| YMin: | 1006.67 | |
| YMax: | 1007.7 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| Masl: | 87.29-87.41m. | |
| Is Above: | 95 | |
| Is Below: | 65 | |
| References: | Report: Nezi Field 2007 by Lydia Herring, Josh Langseth, Kris Lorenzo (2007-04-09 to 2007-05-18) Images (4) |
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