| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Basket | |
| Name: | Nezi Field, context 5716 | |
| Area: | Nezi Field | |
| Context Type: | Fill | |
| Title: | Pit fill, 4th deposit | |
| Category: | Deposit | |
| Notebook: | 1101 | |
| Context: | 5716 | |
| Page: | 0 | |
| Date: | 2008/05/30 | |
| Lot: | Lot 2008-059 | |
| Stratum: | 60%: tile, pottery, bone, pebbles, cobbles | |
| Description: | Top slope of the context is slight down to the E. The soil color is light reddish brown. The soil compaction is soft. The soil is poorly sorted. It is sandy silt. | |
| Notes: | The pit fill deposit 5716 one of several differentiated fills within the large pit cut 5702. Deposit 5716 is a deposit of dumped fill in pit 5702 partially covering 5704 and underneath the ashy fill 5699. It has large inclusions and small patches of ash, but is not as soft as 5699 or 5704. It fills the western half of the pit all the way to the cut. It is removed in one pass. The removal of the pit fill deposit 5716 revealed more of the lower elevations of the Eastern portion of wall 5463. | |
| Context Pottery: | Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), unid. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. premedieval19 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. pithos. 1 rim. ; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), chafing dish. 1 bodysherd. ; Coarseware. pitcher. 1 rim. 1 handle. 12 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. basin. 2 bodysherds. ; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), bowl. 1 rim. ; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), pitcher. 1 handle. ; Coarseware. amphora. 4 handles. 41 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. basin. 1 bodysherd. ; Cooking ware. ww, mug. 1 bodysherd. ; Coarseware. cup. 1 handle. ; Fineware. ww polychrome (1050-1120), dish. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), mug. 1 rim. 1 bodysherd. ; Cooking ware. mug. | |
| Pottery Summary: | 27 frag(s) 0.1 kg. (100% saved) fineware. | |
| 187 frag(s) 3.01 kg. (100% saved) coarseware. | ||
| 46 frag(s) 0.29 kg. (100% saved) cooking ware. | ||
| Context Artifacts: | iron nail square shaft 0.059, lump 1; polished stone ovoid with triangular section 1; revetment marble white 2 grey 1; mottled chert blade 1; glass clear goblet with twisted stem/bs 1, yellowish bs 1 bluish bs 1, tessara with inlaid material 1; roof tile 1 | |
| Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
| Chronology: | 1080-1110 | |
| Grid: | 270.73-268.68E, 1034.08-1035.57N | |
| XMin: | 268.68 | |
| XMax: | 270.73 | |
| YMin: | 1034.08 | |
| YMax: | 1035.57 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| Masl: | 84.39-84.57m. | |
| References: | Report: Nezi Field 2008 by Jody Cundy and Megan Thompsen (2008-04-07 to 2008-06-13) |
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