Corinth Basket Nezi Field, context 7076

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Nezi Field, context 7076
Area:		Nezi Field
Title:		Trench fill
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1104
Context:		7076
Page:		0
Date:		2010/06/02
Stratum:		5% fine and medium pebbles, mostly sphericl but some tabular, all angular. Thee coins and a small piece of bronze.
Description:		Top slope of the context is slight down to the N. The soil color is light yellowish brown. The soil compaction is hard. The soil is moderately sorted. It is sandy silt.
Notes:		Originally this context was thought to be a shallow fill, but excavation of this layer revealed that it was much deeper. It is located in the N of the ‘pithos’ room of Room F E-half. Its N boundary is formed by the foundation trench of wall 5450, W by the pithos, E by the wall 5347, cut 7050, and the bothros. Excavation of this fill was paused when a continuation of the foundation trench was found; work switched to that trench and then continued on this context. Since it seems that the central area of this room is surrounded by trenches, it is possible that these were all drainage trenches for some pressinf that took place in the center. All of the levels slope W and N towards the corner with the pithos. A martyr was left on te side by the pitos so that the pithos's pit can be excavated further. Two iron nails and a piece of wall plaster were also found in this context.
Context Pottery:		Fineware. unid RS; Fineware. ESA, bowl. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. ESB; Fineware. pre roman98 bodysherds. ; Fineware. ESA1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. esb, bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. arretine, unid. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. pre roman211 bodysherds.
Pottery Summary:		302 frag(s) 0.77 kg. (1% saved) fineware.
		876 frag(s) 7.59 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
		198 frag(s) 0.78 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		lamp type 27 red painted shoulder q; wall plaster red 1 black 1 puple 1; glass clear colorless bs1 bkue bs1; iron nail square shank 3; bronze strip 1 lump 1; Bone- cranial of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 3 example(s).; Bone- cranial of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 3 example(s).; Bone- indeterminate of Osteich/Chondrichthyes (Fish - Unid) - 1 example(s).; Bone- innominate of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 2 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Aves, md (Bird - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 3 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 2 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of B. taurus (Cattle) - 1 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 4 example(s).; Bone- phalanx of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 4 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- shaft tibia of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- shaft, proximal radius of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tarsal, astragalus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 2 example(s).; Bone- ulna of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).
Period:		4th c. A.C.
Grid:		276.73-274.39E, 1018.5-1020.28N
XMin:		274.39
XMax:		276.73
YMin:		1018.5
YMax:		1020.28
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		84.56-85.61m.
References:		Report: Nezi Field 2010 by W. Flint Dibble; Mark F. Piskorowski (2010-06-01 to 2010-06-21) Coins (4)