Corinth Basket Nezi Field, context 878

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Nezi Field, context 878
Area:		Nezi Field
Title:		Black Layer S the Robbing Trench 759
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1106
Context:		878
Page:		0
Date:		2012/06/05
Stratum:		Inclusions: clay, stones, marble, tiles, lime, plaster, bones, shells, glass, iron - 50 %
Description:		The soil color is light yellowish brown. The soil compaction is firm. The soil is moderately sorted. It is clayey sand.
Notes:		The context 878 is a hard packed brown and black soil, S the robbing trench 759. On the top this context had hard packed soil, but digging it, the soil was softer. This context is the filling of a cut, 882, whose S ans E boundaries were clear since we started excavating. We found large quantities of marble, lime, and plaster in this fill and, while we were digging it, Thanasis suggested this cut may be used as a limekiln. Plaster was visible while we were diggind, in the S and E sides of the cut. The N edge of this context became clear as well, and it is what it may be the filling between the two robbing trenches (759 and 749), E the wall 747. This N edge of 878 is covered by plaster as the other sides. The S-O side of 878 appears to be made by some stones, which seems to be part of the well 742. The fill 878 came down on a slope on the W side, which contains a lot of plaster, lime and tiles. The remaining part of 878 came down on a hard packed reddish soil, rich in plaster. Guy suggested that this context is a secondary filling of a plaster pit, and it is unlikely that this pit was used as a limekiln. It is possible that the walls of this cut were intentionally covered with plaster, for some building purpose, which is not clear at the moment, possibly during the Byzantine period. In a second time this cut was filled by a dumped fill, 878.
Context Pottery:		Cooking ware. lid. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), pitcher. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. ww incised (700-1120), plate. 1 rim. stabbed and w added brown glaze; Cooking ware. pitcher. 1 handle. (saved to lot) .eastern aegean fabric; Coarseware. cup. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .joining pc in the museum?; Cooking ware. collar rim stew pot (1000-1100)1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. mid byz, amphora. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .outurned rim; Coarseware. mid byz, stamnos. 1 rim. 1 handle. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), cup. 1 rim. 2 handles. 3 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww kettle2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. pithos1 rim. ; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), plate. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), cup. 1 rim. ; Fineware. ww painted (700-1120), plate. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. late roman, amphora. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .2 funky fabric; Fineware. premedieval171 bodysherds.
Pottery Summary:		184 frag(s) 1.6 kg. (7% saved) fineware.
		5668 frag(s) 66.9 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
		854 frag(s) 7.4 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		lamp, premedieval, handle 4, disk and shoulder 5, disk 4 (saved to lot); glass, clear, blue, bs 15, rim 4, handle 1 (saved to lot); glass goblet fragment of stem, glob, and part of base, similar to MF 12709 (saved to lot); glass, clear, green, bs 25, rim 3, base 1, goblet stem 2 (saved to lot); glass, clear, green, unguentarium neck 1, bs 2 (saved to lot); glass, clear, colorless, bs 91, rim 9, bottle rim 1 (saved to lot); raw glass, red, 1 (saved to lot); glass, clear, green, bottle, neck 1, bs 1 (saved to lot); lead slag 2 (saved to lot); Cement piece, white, 1 (saved to lot); terra cotta, antefix, palmette, top half, 1 (saved to lot); glass, clear, colorless, jug, as Antonaras no. 420 (saved to lot); terra cotta, figurine, fragment of drapery, 1 (saved to lot); iron tack 1 (saved to lot); glass, clear, green, funnel-mouth bottle as Andonaras no. 316, base 2, neck 1, bs 10 (saved to lot); glass, clear, blue, as MF 73-105 (saved to lot); bronze slag 2 (saved to lot); glass, clear, green handle as MF 7589 (saved to lot); glass, clear, yellow, bs 3 (saved to lot); glass, clear, green, bottle, neck 2 (saved to lot); lamp, most of disk and all handle, 1, similar to L 4140, because of chi-ro decoration, but rim decorated differently with lines. (saved to lot); marble, stopper, 1, diam. 0.049, th. 0.030 (saved to lot); glass, clear, greenish, funnel-mouth bottle, as Andonaras no. 358, rim 2, bs 9, stem 1 (saved to lot); glass, goblet, clear, colorless, stand 1 (saved to lot); iron shaft, round 2, square 1 (saved to lot); plaster, painted, yellow, 1 (saved to lot); glass handle, clear, colorless, possibly as MF 68-152, diam. 0.013 (saved to lot); lamp, fragment of disk and complete handle 1, as L 4575 (saved to lot); iron, slag, 25 (saved to lot); glass, slag, 2 (saved to lot); lime piece, white, 1 (saved to lot); iron tack head 1 (saved to lot); iron nail, round, 2 (saved to lot); glass, clear, colorless, goblet base, 1, as MF 2772 d. 0.04 (saved to lot); lamp, fragment of disk with wick hole, 1, as L 69-147 (saved to lot); plaster, painted, red, 2 (saved to lot); tessera, white, 1 (saved to lot); Plaster piece, white, rich in lime, 2 (saved to lot); glass, clear, green, cup stem, 1; lead, curse tablet, folded, 1 Inventoried as MF 2012-57; terra cottta, stopper w hole in middle, 1, diam. 0.029, th. 0.008 (saved to lot); ceramic, stopper, 1, diam. 0.080, th. 0.031 (saved to lot); glass, clear, colorless, bowl rim 1 as MF 7247 (saved to lot)
Period:		Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:		Late 11th C
Grid:		260.91-258.58E, 1008.89-1010.3N
XMin:		258.58
XMax:		260.91
YMin:		1008.89
YMax:		1010.3
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		85.8-86.63m.
References:		Report: Nezi Field 2012 by George, Charles; Valente, Rossana (2012-06-26 to 2012-06-27) Object: MF 2012 57 Coin: 2012 98 Coin: 2012 99