Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Basket | |
Name: | Nezi Field, context 355 | |
Area: | Nezi Field | |
Context Type: | Fill | |
Title: | dumped fill W of 334 | |
Category: | Deposit | |
Notebook: | 1101 | |
Context: | 355 | |
Page: | 0 | |
Date: | 2008/05/28 | |
Stratum: | 80% tile, rounded and sub rounded boulders, ceramics, bone | |
Description: | Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is light greyish brown. The soil compaction is soft. The soil is poorly sorted. It is silty sand. | |
Notes: | 355 is a light greyish brown soft soil full of large inclusions. Boulders range from 10x10x10 cm to small pebbles. A number of tiles, ceramics, and bone are also present. This context abuts 337 and 334, spanning th corner of the two. A harder patch of soil to the W, pit B191 from the 2007 excav., and another dumped fill layer border the deposit respectively. The latter mentioned dumped fill may be the same as that to the E of 334. 355 comes down upon a layer with many rounded pebbles that is cut on the W side by one with tiles. | |
Context Pottery: | Coarseware. Byzantine, amphora. 3 handles. 21 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. triangular rim amphora (1100-1260)1 rim. 1 bodysherd. ; Coarseware. basin. 1 rim. ; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), pitcher. 1 bodysherd. ; Coarseware. outturned rim amphora (975-1100)1 rim. | |
Pottery Summary: | 1 frag(s) 0.01 kg. (0% saved) fineware. | |
77 frag(s) 1.9 kg. (0% saved) coarseware. | ||
15 frag(s) 0.15 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware. | ||
Context Artifacts: | iron, rod with round shank 1, 0.08pL, 0.01diam | |
Period: | No precise date (NPD) | |
Chronology: | Late Byz/Frankish | |
Grid: | 268.64-267.83E, 1004.35-1005.79N | |
XMin: | 267.83 | |
XMax: | 268.64 | |
YMin: | 1004.35 | |
YMax: | 1005.79 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
Masl: | 86.75-87.09m. | |
References: | Report: Nezi Field 2008 by Joseph Lillywhite, Joel Rygorsky, Matthew Sears, Martin Wells (2008-04-07 to 2008-06-13) Coin: 2008 186 |