| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Basket | |
| Name: | Nezi Field, context 1203 | |
| Area: | Nezi Field | |
| Title: | Hard-packed earth floor W of structure 1196 | |
| Category: | Structure | |
| Notebook: | 1107 | |
| Context: | 1203 | |
| Page: | 0 | |
| Date: | 2013/06/06 | |
| Lot: | Lot 2013-023 | |
| Stratum: | Among inclusions were charcoal, pottery, shell, smooth runded river pebbles of various colors, sub-rounded stones (c. 2 x 2 cm), and small bits of plaster. Inclusions c.50% | |
| Description: | The soil color is light reddish brown. It is sandy clay. Structure materials: earth, with white unfired clay feature and cooking pot embedded.. Material finish: N/A. Features: White unfired clay feature embedded within; respec. | |
| Notes: | Excavation of 1203, a compact earth floor cut by 1178 and 1166, and laid up against earlier stone feature 1196 and cooking pot 1217, yielded striking finds associated with a white, unfired clay feature embedded on the northeastern edge. At least two pins of different metals were found, as was a finger ring, clustered on the western side of the white clay feature at E 275.81, N 1013.37, H 85.54. Floor 1203 laid up against 1216 and 1217, a small incision holding a cooking pot from the 2nd half of the 4th c. BCE. This cooking pot, with handle and rim preserved to sufficiently allow a full profile reconstruction, was inserted upside-down into floor 1215, and was later respected by 1203. (I.e., 1203 was laid up against the cooking pot). Taken together with the nearby stone feature 1196, cooking pot 1217/cut 1216 and the white clay feature containing prestige objects, it is likely that floor 1203 played host to ritualized activity and served as a charged interior space. This is confirmed and indeed intensified when considering that tile feature and Classical perirhanterion from 1181 immediately overlaid these features at a later period in time. This interior space seems to have maintained its ritual character. The cookpot provides a tpq for the date of this deposit to the 2/2 of the 4th century B.C.E. NB: prestige metal objects (see inventoried objects for this context) all much earlier in date than this floor. Likely retained as heirlooms from centuries earlier. All comparanda coming from prominent Archaic sanctuaries: C.f. MF-73-4 (from Demeter & Kore Sanctuary, Korinth- silver with gilding), Killiam-Dirlmeirer # 4379 (from Sparta, silver and gold), #4017 (from Perachora), #4185 (from Korinth), #4324 (from Sparta), #3314 (Argive Heraion, but Bronze and Iron), #3370 (from Sparta, but Bronze and Iron), #3677 (from Perachora, but Iron) | |
| Context Pottery: | Fineware. black glazed, kotyle. 1 rim. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. semi-glazed, bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Classical, skyphos. 1 rim. 11 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. Corinthian A, amphora. 3 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. archaic, skyphos. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. miniature vessel, miniature. 1 handle. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. cylinder fine, pitcher. 1 handle. (saved to lot) . | |
| Pottery Summary: | 28 frag(s) 0.05 kg. (100% saved) fineware. | |
| 29 frag(s) 0.13 kg. (100% saved) coarseware. | ||
| Context Artifacts: | Small iron strip, nondescript: 0.064 m L, 0.013 m W | |
| Period: | 4th c. B.C. | |
| Chronology: | 2/2 4th century BC? | |
| Grid: | 276.4-275.02E, 1012.7-1013.57N | |
| XMin: | 275.02 | |
| XMax: | 276.4 | |
| YMin: | 1012.7 | |
| YMax: | 1013.57 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| Masl: | 85.52-85.67m. | |
| References: | Object: MF 2013 18 Object: MF 2013 19 Object: MF 2013 21 |
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