Corinth Basket: Nezi Field, context 5845 Collection: | | Corinth | Type: | | Basket | Name: | | Nezi Field, context 5845 | Area: | | Nezi Field | Context Type: | | Fill | Title: | | Soft fill in south of room | Category: | | Deposit | Notebook: | | 1101 | Context: | | 5845 | Page: | | 0 | Date: | | 2008/06/10 | Lot: | | Lot 2008-019 | Stratum: | | 22 % total inclusions: 15% fine pebbles-cobbles, rounded to angular, spherical to platy; 5% tile, 2% pottery; minimal bone | Description: | | Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is dark yellowish brown. The soil compaction is loose. The soil is poorly sorted. It is silty sand. | Notes: | | We are excavating this soft fill because it overlies the next harder surface (5853). It is probably leveling fill below floor 5834. Excavation of 5845 revealed a hard surface (5853) which is probably the same as the hard surface as the one revealed by 5843. Next we will dig this hard surface 5853. | Context Pottery: | | Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), cup. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. measles, slipped slip painted sgraffito (1140-1160), plate. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. triangular rim stew pot (1100-1270)2 rims. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. pre-medieval10 bodysherds. (saved to lot) . | Pottery Summary: | | 12 frag(s) 0.03 kg. (100% saved) fineware. | | | 177 frag(s) 1.78 kg. (100% saved) coarseware. | | | 65 frag(s) 0.52 kg. (100% saved) cooking ware. | Context Artifacts: | | glass clear yellowish bowl diam. 0.11 as Jalame 479 rim 1 (saved to lot); chert 1 (saved to lot); glass clear greenish bs 1 (saved to lot); bronze slag 1 (saved to lot); slag 1 (saved to lot); marble revetment green 1 (saved to lot); wall plaster red 1 (saved to lot) | Period: | | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | Chronology: | | third quarter of the 12th | Grid: | | 270.62-269.2E, 1023.58-1025.6N | XMin: | | 269.2 | XMax: | | 270.62 | YMin: | | 1023.58 | YMax: | | 1025.6 | Site: | | Corinth | City: | | Ancient Corinth | Country: | | Greece | Masl: | | 84.51-84.71m. | References: | | Report: Nezi Field 2008 by Anne C. Feltovich, Catherine W. Person and Emily M. Rush (2008-05-05 to 2008-06-14)
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