Corinth Basket: Nezi Field, context 583
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Basket
Name:   Nezi Field, context 583
Area:   Nezi Field
Context Type:   Fill
Title:   Grey Dump, 2nd half
Category:   Deposit
Notebook:   1103
Context:   583
Page:   0
Date:   2009/05/29
Stratum:   55% fine-coarse angular pebbles, roof tile, pottery and bone
Description:   Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is dark greenish grey. The soil compaction is weakly cemented. The soil is poorly sorted. It is sandy silt.
Notes:   Deposit 583 is the same deposit as deposit 583, but they have been excavated separately because the deposit was bisected by the 19th century boundary wall cut 272. It appears that deposit 582 and 583 are dumped lenses.
Context Pottery:   Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), cup. 1 rim. ; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), cup. 1 handle. ; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), pitcher. 1 bodysherd.
Pottery Summary:   7 frag(s) 0.03 kg. (0% saved) fineware.
    41 frag(s) 0.24 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
    23 frag(s) 0.1 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:   Bone- Not in Table - 1 example(s).; iron nail 1, lumps 4; glass clear yellowish bs 1, bluish bs 2, goblet base 1, cup wih thickened lip rim 1, green handle attachment 1, rim 1; melted ceramic lump 1; Bone- cranial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 4 example(s).; Bone- femur of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- indeterminate of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 4 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 4 fragment(s). ; Bone- rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 7 example(s).; Bone- tibia of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- vertebrae, cervical of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   1143-1180
Grid:   260.78-260.27E, 1013.17-1013.32N
XMin:   260.27
XMax:   260.78
YMin:   1013.17
YMax:   1013.32
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
Masl:   86.72-86.86m.
References:   Report: Nezi Field 2009 by Jody Cundy and Dina Boero (2009-06-19 to 2009-06-20)