Corinth Basket Nezi Field, context 6806

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Nezi Field, context 6806
Area:		Nezi Field
Context Type:		Fill
Title:		Dumped Fill of Mud-Brick
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1104
Context:		6806
Page:		0
Date:		2010/04/22
Lot:		Lot 2010-031
Stratum:		Mixed soil (see notes); 10% inclusions: pottery, metal, charcoal, stones (medium pebbles-cobbles; angular-subrounded; spherical-tabular)
Notes:		Context 6806 is a deposit of mixed fill covering most of the northern half of the room west of the courtyard of the Byzantine house. It is truncated by cuts 6762 and 6796 and continues beneath walls 5724 and 5725. Context 6806 appears to be a fill which may have been dumped into this space. The soil is mixed and consists of light yellowish white silty clay, dark reddish brown clayey silt, and light yellowish brown clayey silt. Overall the inclusions comprise 10% and include pottery, metal, charcoal, and stones. We paused during context 6808 to continue digging in the robbing trench defined by cut 6762. We continued with 6806 when this was finished. The removal of context 6806 revealed another surface of compact earth, and several more are now visible in the scarp of trench cut 6762. In this surface are numerous large pieces of charcoal and lots of white marl. A large amount of bronze came out of this layer including several large flat pieces. Context 6806 turned out to be much deeper than originally believed which helps to distinguish it from the thin surfaces of compact earth above. Excavation of context 6806 continued on 23/4/10. In the southeast corner of the deposit against structure 6738 wall plaster began to turn up, several with different colors of paint (green, yellow, red). Excavation of 6806 has shown that the block abutting the north face of structure 6738 is coated with plaster. We should also note that the plaster is likely coming off of structure 6817. In the southwest corner, the removal of 6806 revealed a large angular, tabular boulder. It also became clear that the white marl surface only covered part of the room, while red soil covered the rest.
Context Pottery:		Cooking ware. Early roman cooking pot3 rims. 1 handle. ; Cooking ware. Small pitcher5 handles. ; Fineware. preroman51 bodysherds. ; Cooking ware. Grill1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. candarli form 31 rim. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. Trefoil mouthed pitcher1 rim. ; Fineware. esb form 70, cup. 4 rims. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. esb form 62, bowl. 6 rims. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. esb form 60A, bowl. 2 rims. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .
Pottery Summary:		84 frag(s) 0.42 kg. (52% saved) fineware.
		555 frag(s) 5.12 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
		228 frag(s) 1.08 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		Charcoal 2; Glass, clear, blue rim 3 (cf. Jalame type 7), bs 1, folded base (cf . Jalame no. 42), yellow bs 1,; Lamp type 16, handle 1 (saved to lot); Bronze, lump 35, pin 1, small handle 1, spoon 1 (L. 0.101m, cf. Corinth XII no. 1392 - MF 2460); bone needle shaft 1; Lamp type 27 painted, nozzle 4, cp 1, shoulder 1 (saved to lot); Iron, nail 23, strip 1, nail with bronze strip on head 1, lump 4, strip 3; plaster chunk 1; glass yellow 4; Wall plaster, yellow 11, red 32, linear 5, black 2, blue 3, white 3; Bone- cranial of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 7 example(s).; Bone- distal tibia of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- epiphysis metatarsal of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- indeterminate of Aves, sm (Bird - Small) - 2 example(s).; Bone- indeterminate of Osteich/Chondrichthyes (Fish - Unid) - 1 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Aves, sm (Bird - Small) - 5 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 76 example(s).; Bone- mandible w/teeth of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 7 example(s).; Bone- rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 31 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 8 example(s).; Bone- tarsal, astragalus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 example(s).; Bone- tarsal, calcaneus of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 4 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 2 example(s).; Bone- tooth, molar of Homo sapiens (Human) - 1 example(s).; Bone- ulna of Mammalia, lg (Mammal - Large) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 19 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Osteich/Chondrichthyes (Fish - Unid) - 3 example(s).
Period:		Middle Roman (2/2 2nd c-4th c AD)
Chronology:		Late 2nd-Early 3rd
Grid:		263.91-261.45E, 1032.62-1034.55N
XMin:		261.45
XMax:		263.91
YMin:		1032.62
YMax:		1034.55
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		82.64-82.84m.
References:		Report: Nezi Field 2010 by Scott Gallimore (2010-04-07 to 2010-04-23) Object: MF 2010 14 Coin: 2010 50 Coin: 2010 51