| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Basket | |
| Name: | Nezi Field, context 153 | |
| Area: | Nezi Field | |
| Title: | Pit fill, north edge of pit | |
| Category: | Deposit | |
| Notebook: | 1100 | |
| Context: | 153 | |
| Page: | 0 | |
| Date: | 2007/05/22 | |
| Stratum: | Inclusions: 30% pebbles, 20% cobbles, white flecks scattered throughout (less than 15%) | |
| Description: | Top slope of the context is steep down to the S. Bottom slope of the context is steep. The soil color is dark reddish brown. The soil compaction is hard. The soil is very poorly sorted. It is sandy silt. | |
| Notes: | This basket returns to the north edge of the pit to take out the harder, red soil which slides down towards the south edge. It seems to have been deposited before basket 150. There is a lot of whit matter scattered through the soil in this layer. This layer slopes substantially to the south as it slides. I don't belive the pit could be a well if the blocks to the south of this basket are actually a wall. We have pulled out three large chunks of iron We have found a stone object that appears to have been worked on both sides although it is completely unidentifiable. It is now the second day of excavating this basket, which is quite large, but it didn't rain last night so it is not a problem with respect to the soil We are coming down on a harder, grittier layer but I don't know yet if the pit has bottomed out. It has been raining but the soil is not exceptionally wet and this layer remains visible. There is a small hole that seems to run under the harder patch which we haven't excavated yet. I am not sure what this signifies but Guy has suggested it may mean we have a well after all. We believe we have a well because some of the bedrock appears to be worked and curves around in a circular wall. It may be that the well itself is in the northern half of the trench and the area we have been digging was a larger pit dug until they hit bedrock. Finds; iron, glass, coins, bronze, marble (worked), unknown stone object, loom weight, ceramic hand, 1 marble revetment (dumped into marble pile, not kept), wall plaster, wood, bone stylus, and worked bone | |
| Context Pottery: | Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), pitcher. 2 bodysherds. ; Fineware. RMR, slipped (1275-1325), bowl. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. late sgraffito, slipped style VII (1250-1300)1 rim. 2 bodysherds. ; Fineware. light on dark III, slip painted (1225-1260), bowl. 1 rim. 1 bodysherd. ; Coarseware. amphora. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. glaze painted IV, slipped (1220-1260)8 rims. 3 bodysherds. ; Fineware. archaic maiolica, slipped (1270-1325), pitcher. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), bowl. 5 rims. 28 bodysherds. ; Cooking ware. cooking pot, lid. ; Fineware. coarse incised, slipped style VI (1200-1220)3 rims. 8 bodysherds. ; Fineware. pre roman321 bodysherds. ; Fineware. light on dark IV, slip painted (1225-1260), bowl. 1 handle. 3 bodysherds. ; Fineware. metallic ware, unslipped (1275-1335), bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww polychrome (1050-1120), cup. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. maiolica unid1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. pre frankish58 bodysherds. ; Fineware. pre-medieval99 bodysherds. ; Fineware. ww painted (700-1120), bowl. (saved to lot) . | |
| Pottery Summary: | 848 frag(s) 4.94 kg. (0% saved) fineware. | |
| 3122 frag(s) 50.61 kg. (0% saved) coarseware. | ||
| 1154 frag(s) 10.82 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware. | ||
| Context Artifacts: | glass clear yellow bs 4; wall plaster frag 2 red, 1 white, 1 yellow; shell cassis 3; lamp frankish candlestick base 1 bs 1; terracotta frag 1 (cube-like??); bronze lumps 2 max p.. L. 0.028 cm, preserved max w. 1.9 cm; shell patella 3; bone canis mandible 1; iron shaft squared 1; glass clear light blue beaker rim 2 similar to Hayes no. 183; bone implement shaft 2 preserved l. 6.2 cm cf. Cor Mus T 98; shell callista 4; glass clear light green bs 1; bone bos calcaneus 1; bone fowl 1; glass frags 2 (1 rim, 1 base) clear yellow preserved max l. 3 cm; marble schisty 1 red 2 white 1; iron nails 5; stone steatite? Mold with 2 holes on 1 side and snail-like impression on other 1 and lead residue on surface (analyzed with XRF) (saved to lot); bronze sheet frags 2 max. preserved l. 2.1 cm; glass frag base 1, rim 1 green preserved max. diam. 4.2 cm cf. MF 7300; iron nail heads 3 max diam. 1.8 cm; iron shaft squared 1 preserved max l. 3.8 cm; glass frag 6 yellow preserved max l. 3.5 cm; bone unid 147; iron ring 1 max. diam. 2.6 cm; lamps pre medieval 35; glass clear irridescent bs 1; glass frag 1 opaque black preserved max. l. 1.4 cm; wood shavings ca. 15; glass frags 3 green max. preserved l. 1.3 cm; bone ovis maxilla 1 mandible 1 molar 19; glass clear light blue bs 4; glass clear light green beaker rim 1 similar to Hayes no. 180; glass dark yellow rim 1; glass clear brown 1; pyramidal ceramic loomweight 1 preserved max. h. 10.4 cm, preserved max. w. 5.4 cm cf. Corinth XII p. 171 no. 1202, pl. 77 (saved to lot); tessera 5; bone sus maxilla 4 mandible 1 molar 2; shell lima 1; glass rim frags 2 opaque yellow preserved max. l. 2.3 cm cf. MF 4056; glass clear dark blue w white strip running through bs 2; terracotta figurine hand holding drapery 1 (cf. MF 2003-002, dated last q. of 4th c BC, early Hell) (saved to lot); oven mit 1 (saved to lot); glass clear bs 1; iron shafts rounded 7 max preserved l. 5.5 cm; stone whorl or button medieval 1; tc mold for Megarian bowl (saved to lot); bronze shafts 2 max preserved l. 2.4 cm; shell murex 3; revetment red and grey marble 1; bone bos tibia sawn 1; shell cardia 4; shell frags 3; iron strip frag. 1 max p. l. 3.4 cm; glass frags 8 blue p. max. l. 1.6cm; iron lump frags 22 max. l. 8.0 cm; iron tacks rounded head 2; shell ostria 1; glass handle frag 1, bs 16 opaque white preserved max. l. 1 cm; wood fragment max. P.L. 0.015 1 | |
| Period: | Frankish (1210-1458 AD) | |
| Chronology: | last quarter 13th century | |
| Grid: | 271.8-270.09E, 1007.75-1009.23N | |
| XMin: | 270.09 | |
| XMax: | 271.8 | |
| YMin: | 1007.75 | |
| YMax: | 1009.23 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| Masl: | 85.86-86.86m. | |
| Is Below: | 144 | |
| References: | Report: Nezi Field 2007 by Lina Kokkinou and Angela Ziskowski (2007-05-21 to 2007-06-09) Object: MF 2007 11 Coins (12) |