Corinth Basket: Nezi Field, context 5922 | Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Basket | | Name: | | Nezi Field, context 5922 | | Area: | | Nezi Field | | Context Type: | | Wall | | Title: | | Wall Superstructure | | Category: | | Cut | | Notebook: | | 1103 | | Context: | | 5922 | | Page: | | 0 | | Date: | | 2009/03/31 | | Stratum: | | Loose, poorly sorted sandy silt with 20% inclusions (ceramics, pebbles of all sizes, boulders, tile) | | Description: | | The soil color is dark brownish grey. The soil compaction is loose. The soil is poorly sorted. It is sandy silt. Structure materials: limestone (largest L 0.6m W 0.5m H 0.2m, smallest L 0.35 W 0.55 H 0.12), marble (L 0.35 W 0.59 H 0.12). Material size: multiple measurements, see materials field. Material finish: limestone squared, marble smoothed. Material construction: single course visible. Material bonding: none. Features: marble spolia. | | Notes: | | Wall was demolished. Threshold included a trapezoidal marble pillar cap. (c. L.55 W.35 H.15 max and c. L.30 W. 30 H. 15 min). Surfaces smooth except top and bottom left rough showing chisel marks. A coin was found (E 273.544, N 1026.156, H 85.902), as well as large chunks of yellow tile. An irregular course of broken tiles (the yellow ones) was used to create a level surface for the lowest course of the wall superstructure. | | Context Pottery: | | Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), bowl. 1 rim. ; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), plate. 1 rim. ; Fineware. glaze painted IV, slipped (1220-1260), bowl. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. unidentified1 bodysherd. | | Pottery Summary: | | 2 frag(s) 0.02 kg. (0% saved) fineware. | | | | 32 frag(s) 0.36 kg. (0% saved) coarseware. | | | | 14 frag(s) 0.15 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware. | | Context Artifacts: | | iron flat strip1 nail with square shank 1; bronze tack 1 (saved to lot); Bone- cranial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s). | | Period: | | Post-Medieval | | Chronology: | | NPD | | Grid: | | 275.65-272.67E, 1025.78-1026.38N | | XMin: | | 272.67 | | XMax: | | 275.65 | | YMin: | | 1025.78 | | YMax: | | 1026.38 | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | Masl: | | 85.82-86.194m. | | References: | | Report: Nezi Field 2009 by Dan Leon, Ben Sullivan (2009-04-23 to 2009-04-24)
Image: digital 2009 0318
Coin: 2009 26
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