Corinth Basket Nezi Field, context 956

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Nezi Field, context 956
Area:		Nezi Field
Title:		Soft Soil S of 941
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1106
Context:		956
Page:		0
Date:		2012/06/15
Stratum:		pottery, bone, tiles, marble, bronze, cement, plaster, small boulders, shell; 20% inclusions
Description:		Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is dark brownish red. The soil compaction is soft. The soil is poorly sorted. It is silty clay.
Notes:		This is the soft earth encountered while digging the fill S of 941 (=context 951). Recovered bronze item from sieve in 2 pieces. A marble fragment, possibly floor or revetment, discovered. Also the rim of a pithos. A large quantity of broken tiles is being uncovered. Two more marble fragments. One fragment has what looks like cement on its bottom surface. Plaster and cement have been noticed. We are beginning our 3rd pass in 956. Also a lot of marble slabs of different sizes/thicknesses recovered. We are beginning our 4th pass. Guy thinks this is either a robbing trench or fill after change in construction plan. Small boulders are coming up at this level. The soil clumps thickly around the boulders. There continues to be a large amount of tile - 40% tile/10% cobbles. But the tiles are clearly fill and not any kind of destruction. A large shell has been recovered. Another small piece of bronze. Context left open at end of day. 19 June 2012: E extent slightly undercuts wall 616 so E extent is appoximate.
Context Pottery:		Fineware. attic ribbed pitcher1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. pre roman5 bodysherds. ; Cooking ware. bowl as Hesperia 05 2-331 rim. ; Coarseware. niederbieber5 handles. 10 bodysherds. ; Cooking ware. cooking pot as Hesperia 05 1-361 rim. ; Fineware. early roman5 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. pitcher, pitcher. 1 handle. pie-crusting attachment of handle as Hesperia 2005 #4-16
Pottery Summary:		21 frag(s) 0.27 kg. (0% saved) fineware.
		254 frag(s) 13.83 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
		60 frag(s) 1.15 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		conglomerate?, wall or floor, 1; marble, red, slab, 1; bronze, triangular lump, 1; bronze, strip, folded 2/3 over itself and bent on one side as if for hinge, 1; bronze, end of strip with lump attached, 1; marble, white, revetment, 2; marble, white, 5; shell, gaederopus, 2 individuals, 2; marble, purpley pink, opus sectile, 1; marble, greyish, cement attached, 1; marble, white, floor?, 1; diamond tile, 3; marble, white with grey streaks, revetment, 5; marble, white with reddish patch, opus sectile?, 1; marble, grey, bricklike, 1; Corinthian A amphora, patched, lead clamp attached, 0.19 kg, 1 (saved to lot); marble, purple, opus sectile?, 1; iron, slag or bloom, 1; tile, molded, red paint, 1; marble, white, revetment moulding for base, shallow cavetto (H. 0.011) w/ cyma recta below (H. 0.027) + ovolo (0.011) at base, thin + narrow ridge (H. 0.004) at top on back for attachment?, H. 0.058, bot. W. 0.035, top W. w/ridge 0.016, 1; marble, light greenish, opus sectile?, 1; marble, bowl, bs, 1, cf. MF 2012-35
Period:		Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:		7th npd
Grid:		268.77-268.04E, 1007.69-1009.9N
XMin:		268.04
XMax:		268.77
YMin:		1007.69
YMax:		1009.9
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		85.9-86.49m.
References:		Report: Nezi Field 2012 by Kyle Mahoney and Rachel McCleery (2012-05-28 to 2012-06-15) Object: C 2012 9