Corinth Basket: Nezi Field, context 66
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Basket
Name:   Nezi Field, context 66
Area:   Nezi Field
Title:   dumped fill
Category:   Deposit
Notebook:   1100
Context:   66
Page:   0
Date:   2007/05/03
Stratum:   20% inclusions of very small pebbles to large pebbles, chunks of pebble flooring, pottery sherds, and bone fragments in a loose sandy silt.
Description:   Top slope of the context is slight down to the S. Bottom slope of the context is slight down to the SThe soil color is light pinkish brown. The soil compaction is loose. The soil is poorly sorted. It is sandy silt.
Notes:   After closing B63 Andrea and Thanasis excavated B66 because it is fully revealed, has no other contexts cutting it or overlying it, and it in turn overlies other deposits. Due to the small dimensions and shallow depth of B66 they excavated down to a new stratum in a short period of time. Fragments of bone and pottery sherds were recovered but no small finds.
Context Pottery:   Fineware. protomaiolica, slipped (1260-1325)1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300)2 bodysherds. ; Fineware. zeuxippus sgraffito, slipped painted (1240-1260), bowl. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. sgraffito, slipped style II (1140-1170)1 bodysherd. ; Coarseware. matte painted, bowl. 1 rim. ; Coarseware. matte painted, stamnos. 1 handle. 7 bodysherds.
Pottery Summary:   19 frag(s) 0.16 kg. (0% saved) fineware.
    92 frag(s) 1.64 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
    44 frag(s) 0.36 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:   flooring hellenistic 8; tile 7; bone ovis molar 1 unid 15; terracotta late Roman foot 1 (saved to lot)
Period:   Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Chronology:   2nd 1/2 13th C
Grid:   273.52-271.98E, 1004-1006.92N
XMin:   271.98
XMax:   273.52
YMin:   1004
YMax:   1006.92
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
Masl:   87.39-87.56m.
Is Above:   68
Is Below:   48
References:   Report: Nezi Field 2007 by Lydia Herring, Josh Langseth, Kris Lorenzo (2007-04-09 to 2007-05-18)
Coin: 2007 87