| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Basket | |
| Name: | Nezi Field, context 889 | |
| Area: | Nezi Field | |
| Title: | Continuation of 887 | |
| Category: | Deposit | |
| Notebook: | 1106 | |
| Context: | 889 | |
| Page: | 0 | |
| Date: | 2012/06/07 | |
| Lot: | Lot 2012-038 | |
| Stratum: | Inclusions: stones, pottery, bones, iron, carbon, worked bone | |
| Description: | The soil color is light greyish black. The soil compaction is soft. The soil is poorly sorted. It is clayey sand. | |
| Notes: | When we finished digging 888 we came on a hard packed soil. This fill was at the same elevation of the black soil which characterized 889. And this let us to conclude that 889 and 888 were two different contexts. 889 appears to be a continuation of 887: the color, the compaction and the inclusions are very similar one to each other. The E boundary of 889 is Wall 540, the N edge is wall 747 and the foundation wall we found at the bottom of 833. While we were digging this context we found a complete pot, whose coordinates are: E 262.83, N 1009.99, H 85.55. Underneath it there were big pieces of carbon, so we decided to take a sample of soil. While we were cleaning up this area of the context Thanasis found a hole. It seems that this hole was intentionally closed with tiles. As far as we can undestand at this stage of excavation, this hole is a cistern, 2.35 m deep, covered with plaster. E this well we found a squared stone, similar to the stones we interpreted as foundation wall at the bottom of 833 (S 889). 8 June 2012 This morning we continued digging this context reaching its bottom. 889 came on a hard-packed reddish soil. This bottom surface is characterized by some pieces of carbon and small lenses of lime. E the squared stone there are few tiles and small stones aligned. But, at this stage of excavation, it is not clear if they are part of the same structure, because they are deep in the reddish layer, so they are not clearly visible. | |
| Context Pottery: | Coarseware. stamnos. (saved to lot) .decorated base; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), jug. 5 rims. 3 handles. 19 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .joining 877; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), bowl. 2 rims. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. bowl. 2 rims. (saved to lot) .inverted rim; Coarseware. stamnos. 1 handle. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .incised wavy line decoration; Fineware. prefrankish7 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. hemispherical bowl, bowl. 2 rims. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. aegean ware, bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .imitation; Fineware. premedieval45 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. basin. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .incised wavy line on rim; Fineware. glaze painted I, slipped (1110-1130), bowl. 1 rim. 2 bodysherds. 1 complete profile. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. matt painted, stamnos. 3 rims. 8 handles. 28 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. pithos, lid. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. white frit, pitcher. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), plate. 8 rims. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) . | |
| Pottery Summary: | 111 frag(s) 2 kg. (100% saved) fineware. | |
| 1003 frag(s) 14.1 kg. (100% saved) coarseware. | ||
| 118 frag(s) 1.3 kg. (100% saved) cooking ware. | ||
| Context Artifacts: | glass, clear, green, strap handle from jug, similar to Jalane 254 (saved to lot); iron, object, Inventoried as MF 2012-36 (saved to lot); glass, clear, green, cup or bottle inturned rim d. 7.5, as Jalame 197, 296 (saved to lot); cupellation bowl, 1, inventoried as MF 2012-38 (saved to lot); iron nail, shaft, 16 (saved to lot); bronze, flower shaped clamp. Inventoried as MF 2012-53A, joining MF 2012-53B from 887. (saved to lot); iron, strip, 2 (saved to lot); glass, clear, blue waster 1 (saved to lot); iron nail, complete, 1 (saved to lot); glass, clear, colorless, bs 7, rim 2, 1 with bluish rim (saved to lot); bronze, flower shaped clamp. Inventoried as MF-2012-55 (saved to lot); iron hooks, interlocking, 2, Inventoried as MF 2012-37 (saved to lot); iron, slag, 4 (saved to lot); iron spike, 1, inventoried as MF-2012-40 (saved to lot); glass, clear, green, bs 4 (saved to lot); glass, clear, yellow, bs 2 (saved to lot); plaster, red, 1 (saved to lot); bone, strip, worked, traces of gold on black portions, flat surface, l. 0.049, w. 0.011, th. 0.001 (saved to lot); plaster, yellow, 1 (saved to lot); glass, clear, colorless, painted beaker, rim 1 (saved to lot); iron, tack, complete 3, head 2 (saved to lot) | |
| Period: | Frankish (1210-1458 AD) | |
| Chronology: | 1270 | |
| Grid: | 261.88-261.88E, 1008.9-1010.35N | |
| XMin: | 261.88 | |
| XMax: | 261.88 | |
| YMin: | 1008.9 | |
| YMax: | 1010.35 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| Masl: | 85.15-85.76m. | |
| References: | Report: Nezi Field 2012 by George, Charles; Valente, Rossana (2012-06-26 to 2012-06-27) Objects (11) Coin: 2012 127 |
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