Corinth Basket Nezi Field, context 905

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Nezi Field, context 905
Area:		Nezi Field
Title:		White Marl above Floor
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1106
Context:		905
Page:		0
Date:		2012/06/11
Stratum:		pottery, glass, tile, pebbles, iron, cobbles, bone, plaster; 20% inclusions
Description:		Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is light greyish brown. The soil compaction is compact. The soil is poorly sorted. It is silty clay.
Notes:		This is the white marl layer above the floor in the zone of the triangle. Iron nail recovered like others in the area. To the W, more tiles are being uncovered which look like a collapse. They mostly lie on their broad side (horizontal). Two more iron nails recovered. Tiles continue as you move further E and S but the number decreases very significantly. Very little bone has been recovered in this context. The floor certainly continues in the E beneath the marl layer. Small pebbles are visible here as well. A very nice glass base recovered here - thin stem. Another iron nail of similar type discovered. Plaster noticed in SW portion of context. Panos noticed two lamps mixed with the tile pile in NW of context. Coin found (E 269.32 N 1013.31 H 86.27). Unfortunately lost near table (E of C193 by about 1m, S of S baulk at 1009.50 about 1.5m). Coin of similar size found in sieve. Coin #134. Glass vessel in very large pieces clustered together in the space of about 10 cm between about 268 E to 268.50 E and 1014 N to 1014.40 N. Large joining amphora fragments from this vicinity as well beneath tile collapse. Started second bucket of pottery and switched to 100% screening because lead (?) ring (?) and glass are interesting. Found bronze hook in sieve. Coins 135 and 136 found in the sieve. Context left open at end of day. 12 June 2012: Two more coins found, 133 (E 268.64 N 1012.15 H 86.32) and 137 (E 268.21 N 1011.70 H 86.28). More glass has been recovered as well as a tessera from a mosaic. In the SW corner of the context near 849 the soil becomes harder and comes out with more difficulty as in 849 in this area, making it hard to distinguish between this context and the one below. If the floor continued in this area, it may have been disturbed by later activity. This is the end of the context. Photos 2012 588- 2012 590.
Context Pottery:		Fineware. Earlier Roman5 bodysherds. ; Fineware. Pre Roman30 bodysherds. ; Cooking ware. stewpot. 1 rim. as Hesperia 99 19; Coarseware. basin1 rim. folded-t rim; Coarseware. basin as Hesperia 99 162 rims. ; Coarseware. palestinian amphora48 bodysherds. ; Cooking ware. concave thickened rim stewpot (800-950)1 rim. ; Coarseware. jar2 rims. out-turned rim; Coarseware. bowl2 rims. upturned lip; Coarseware. late roman amphora 21 rim. 18 bodysherds.
Pottery Summary:		36 frag(s) 0.17 kg. (0% saved) fineware.
		600 frag(s) 10.8 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
		106 frag(s) 0.75 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		glass, clear, colorless, inward thickened rim, rim, 1; glass, clear, colorless, blue tinge, rim, 1; glass, clear, colorless, green tinge, bs, 16; glass, clear, colorless, bs, 19; glass, clear, green, stemmed goblet with flat base?, base, 1; glass, clear, light blue, 2 joining fragments, base, 1; glass, clear, colorless, greenish yellow tinge, rim, 2; Type XXXI Lamp; Type XXXI Lamp, chi-rho with dots on disk, dots or spirals around rim, no signature, 1; glass, clear, colorless, opaque white patina, rim, 1; glass, opaque, green, faience?, bs, 1; glass, clear, colorless, white patina, 3 thin raised parallel lines spaced 0.005 apart, bs, 1; marble, white, tessera, L 0.010, W 0.010, 1; glass, clear, green, shallow grooves with flattened upper surfaces similar to combed decoration on pots, bs, 1; glass, clear, colorless, folded rim, rim, 1; iron, nail, shaft only, rectangualr shaft, 4; bronze, semicircular folded tab over triangular fragment, L. 0.017, 1; glass, clear, light blue, stemmed goblet, thin straight stem variety, base, 1; iron, nail, complete, rectangular shaft, 6; glass, clear, colorless, fragment of concave base with steep sides, base, 1; glass, clear, blue, rim, 1; glass, clear, colorless, eggshell thin, at least 2 joining fragments, bs, 4
Period:		Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:		7th c. npd
Grid:		270.64-267.51E, 1011.21-1014.56N
XMin:		267.51
XMax:		270.64
YMin:		1011.21
YMax:		1014.56
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		86.1-86.51m.
References:		Report: Nezi Field 2012 by Kyle Mahoney and Rachel McCleery (2012-05-28 to 2012-06-15) Object: MF 2012 49 Coins (5)