Corinth Basket: Nezi Field, context 855
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Basket
Name:   Nezi Field, context 855
Area:   Nezi Field
Title:   Hard Black Soil Along the West Scarp
Category:   Deposit
Notebook:   1106
Context:   855
Page:   0
Date:   2012/05/30
Stratum:   Inclusions: tile, stones, pottery sherds
Description:   The soil color is light yellowish brown. The soil compaction is compact. The soil is poorly sorted. It is silty sand.
Notes:   While excavating 854, we found 855 to underlay it and border it to the East. To the West, it borders the scarp. The east side is open; the north side is open; the south side borders possible rock tumble from wall 272.
Context Pottery:   Cooking ware. stewpot. 1 handle. gold micaceous fabric; Cooking ware. ; Coarseware. Mid byz, amphora. 1 handle. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. premedieval2 bodysherds.
Pottery Summary:   2 frag(s) 0.01 kg. (0% saved) fineware.
    62 frag(s) 1.3 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
    7 frag(s) 0.1 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   npd
Grid:   256.92-255.5E, 1013.01-1015.28N
XMin:   255.5
XMax:   256.92
YMin:   1013.01
YMax:   1015.28
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
Masl:   86.56-86.7m.
References:   Report: Nezi Field 2012 by George, Charles; Valente, Rossana (2012-06-26 to 2012-06-27)