| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Basket | |
| Name: | Nezi Field, context 453 | |
| Area: | Nezi Field | |
| Context Type: | Fill | |
| Title: | Robbing Trench Fill | |
| Category: | Deposit | |
| Notebook: | 1103 | |
| Context: | 453 | |
| Page: | 0 | |
| Date: | 2009/04/06 | |
| Lot: | Lot 2009-001 | |
| Stratum: | pebbles, cobbles, roof tiles, bone, pottery. 30% | |
| Description: | Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is dark greyish brown. The soil compaction is loose. The soil is poorly sorted. It is sandy silt. | |
| Notes: | Context 453 is robbing trench fill that was revealed by the removal of a darker, less compact trench fill above it (450). This makes it older than 450. 453 continues the cut of robbing trench 452. The goal of excavating this context is to see if we can ascertain the extent of the robbing trench (452) and also to further enhance our understanding of the relationships between the robbed corner of walls 366 and 332, the robbing trench 452, and the robbing trench B54. While digging 453 and trying to find the bottom of the robbing trench, Panos revealed stones that seem to be a continuation of the foundation of wall 366 toward the E. Also another line of stone has been revealed which seems to be the continuation of the foundation of wall 332 toward the N. While digging what is supposed to be the robbing trench fill we came to a level lower than the stones revealed in the robbing trench. It seems that there is no soil change but right now we cannot explain how a robbing trench was dug below the foundation stones of walls 366 and 332, revealing a course of stones that was not removed. While digging in this area we found a vessel (the top of which is missing) which was standing on the corner created by the foundation stones of 332 and the S scarp of our context. A.C. suggested that we probably have a foundation trench for wall 332 and that the vessel was part of a foundation deposit for this wall. We removed the vessel but we suspect that it belongs to a different context (the context of the foundation trench of wall 332). Points on top of vessel: 262.99E, 1006.02N, 86.65H (bottom is at 86.55H). We stopped digging in this context at the end of the day but we are planning to continue tomorrow, still in the same context, to try and clarify the situation. 7/4/09: In consultation with Guy this morning we determined that the context had been over-dug, meaning that we have gone past the limits of 453 to a lower layer of soil. We think that we have inadvertently dug into the foundation trenches for walls 366 and 332. Future excavation will need to be undertaken to ascertain whether a clear cut of the foundation trenches can be found. We have closed this context. | |
| Context Pottery: | Fineware. ww cut (700-1120), bowl. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. stamnos. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. premedieval 17 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. late sgraffito, slipped style VII (1250-1300), bowl. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww cut (700-1120), cup. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. collar rim stew pot (1000-1100)2 rims. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), bowl. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. measles, slipped slip painted sgraffito (1140-1160), plate. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. coarse incised, plate. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. white ware, mug. 4 bodysherds. (saved to lot) . | |
| Pottery Summary: | 30 frag(s) 0.5 kg. (100% saved) fineware. | |
| 251 frag(s) 2.8 kg. (100% saved) coarseware. | ||
| 22 frag(s) 0.9 kg. (100% saved) cooking ware. | ||
| Context Artifacts: | iron, nail, 1 complete, 1 head and shank, 1 shank; glass, clear, goblet base 1 as Corinth XII, #714; 1 wall plaster; glass, clear, bs 5; clear, greenish, bs2; clear, rim 2; steatite bead as MF-74-13, diam. 1.4 cm; Bone- cranial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- cranial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 2 example(s).; Bone- humerus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- humerus of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- indeterminate of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 40 example(s).; Bone- innominate of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- innominate of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- mandible of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- mandible of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- mandible of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- mandible of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 3 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 4 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 2 example(s).; Bone- Not in Table - 1 example(s).; Bone- phalanx of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- phalanx of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 24 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 example(s).; Bone- tarsal of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- tibia of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- ulna of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 6 example(s). | |
| Period: | Early Modern (1831-1949 AD) | |
| Chronology: | second quarter 19th | |
| Grid: | 264.27-262.43E, 1005.75-1007.12N | |
| XMin: | 262.43 | |
| XMax: | 264.27 | |
| YMin: | 1005.75 | |
| YMax: | 1007.12 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| Masl: | 86.81m. | |
| References: | Report: Nezi Field 2009 by Stella Diakou and Cavan Concannon (2009-03-30 to 2009-04-16) Image: digital 2009 0341 Image: digital 2009 0342 Image: digital 2009 0343 Object: C 2009 2 |
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