| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Basket | |
| Name: | Nezi Field, context 798 | |
| Area: | Nezi Field | |
| Title: | Foundation trench for wall 272 | |
| Category: | Deposit | |
| Notebook: | 1106 | |
| Context: | 798 | |
| Page: | 0 | |
| Date: | 2012/05/10 | |
| Lot: | Lot 2012-025 | |
| Stratum: | inclusions: pottery, brick, tile, stone, bone, carbon - 20% | |
| Description: | Top slope of the context is moderate down to the E. The soil color is dark yellowish black. The soil compaction is soft. The soil is poorly sorted. It is silty sand. | |
| Notes: | 10.5.12 Context 798 is the soft black fill distinguished under the western extent of 797. It is quite different in color and consistency from the red, hard-packed fill that 797 also overlaid close to pier 573. 798 has many pieces of ceramic and continues to be quite soft. When it was determined that 798 lay underneath a reddish, hard-packed fill in the west near an unexcavated part of the area, excavation was paused for the removal of this reddish fill, called 800. Once 800 was removed, the northern edge of 798 was discovered. The artificial balk/pier remains unexcavated, and Thanasis does not think that 798 underlies this unexcavated portion. Excavation then proceeded on 798 to the south of this artificial balk/pier on the north side of the robbing trench for the e-w wall. 11.5.12 As excavation continued on 798, Guy suggested that this context might be the foundation trench for the E-W wall that was not robbed out at the time of the wall robbing. As 798 was removed, the lower levels of the section of wall left in place, possibly to support an arch over a doorway, were further exposed. Thanasis began to come down on the bottom of this fill, a hard-packed reddish soil, first discovered in the eastern portion of this context near the preserved wall. | |
| Context Pottery: | Cooking ware. stewpot. 4 rims. (saved to lot) .squared rim; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), cup. 1 rim. 2 handles. 3 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. LRC Form 31 rim. (saved to lot) .fired rather pink with white rim; Cooking ware. collar rim stew pot (1000-1100)18 rims. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), chafing dish. 1 rim. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww painted (700-1120), cup. 1 rim. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), chafing dish. 2 rims. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. pitcher. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .incised; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), cup. 1 handle. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .sparse glazed; Cooking ware. stewpot. 6 rims. (saved to lot) .misc medieval; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), basin. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), bowl. 1 rim. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww painted (700-1120), bowl. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. cloche lid. 5 rims. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), plate. 2 rims. (saved to lot) .folded rim; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), thymiaterion. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. basin. 2 rims. (saved to lot) .incised wavy line; Cooking ware. ww, kette. 2 rims. 17 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), cup. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .unidentified orange fabric; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), cup. 1 rim. 5 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .polychrome shape; Fineware. premedieval83 bodysherds. ; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), unidentified. 5 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww polychrome (1050-1120), cup. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. pedestalled plate. 6 rims. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. stewpot, stewpot. 1 handle. (saved to lot) .sliced damaged handle | |
| Pottery Summary: | 125 frag(s) 0.95 kg. (34% saved) fineware. | |
| 2437 frag(s) 42.71 kg. (0% saved) coarseware. | ||
| 617 frag(s) 7.4 kg. (11% saved) cooking ware. | ||
| Context Artifacts: | ceramic, lamp, disk, handle, broneer type xxxi, as L-69-162, 4th-6th C; iron, bloom, Diam. 0.1; lead, strip, curved, L. 0.04, W. 0.02; iron, nail, shaft, round, 3; glass, clear, blue, 6 bs, 1 rim; marble pestle, 1 (saved to lot); iron, slag, 11; glass, blue, 1 bs; iron, nail, head, round, 2; plaster, yellow, 1; iron, nail, round, 2; glass, clear, green, 4 bs; iron, tack, round, 2; glass, clear, colorless, 6 bs, 3 rim; schisty marble stopper (Diam. 0.034, Th. 0.010) 1 (saved to lot); ceramic wasters, 18 (saved to lot); glass, slag, 1; glass, clear, colorless, stemmed goblet, base 2; shell, 1 | |
| Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
| Chronology: | late 11th C | |
| Grid: | 259.13-155.79E, 1010.54-1011.74N | |
| XMin: | 155.79 | |
| XMax: | 259.13 | |
| YMin: | 1010.54 | |
| YMax: | 1011.74 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| Masl: | 84.88-86.31m. | |
| References: | Coin: 2012 72 Coin: 2012 73 |