| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Basket | |
| Name: | Nezi Field, context 178 | |
| Area: | Nezi Field | |
| Title: | third lense from top of pit fill (=B171) | |
| Category: | Deposit | |
| Notebook: | 1100 | |
| Context: | 178 | |
| Page: | 0 | |
| Date: | 2007/05/29 | |
| Lot: | Lot 2007-048 | |
| Stratum: | inclusions 40% : pottery sherds, some anglular and sub-rounded boulders, cobbles, pebbles, many tile fragments, small carbon pieces (one large piece collected from sieve), charcoal, bones, metal objects, 2 bags bronze objects, 6 coins, 1 coin? , 1 bag of | |
| Description: | Top slope of the context is uneven. Bottom slope of the context is uneven. The soil color is dark brownish white. The soil compaction is hard. The soil is poorly sorted. It is silty sand. | |
| Notes: | 29-05-07 After we finished with B177 we continued with B178. When we started digging this basket we thought that it consisted of very hard dark brownish white soil. But soon we realised that the very hard soil was only a very thin surface of two parts of the surface of the Basket, and that in the rest of the Basket the soil was a little softer. The Basket went very deep and it continued over the whole surface that is framed by the walls of the pit. It presented small differences concerning its soil color and its inclusions, but because these differences were minor, or because they where not consistent in a single area but scattered in the several parts of the basket, and because it was obvious that they were caused by the single throwing of different material in the pit, we decided to excavate this area as a single basket until we reach a layer that will be obviously different. In the South-western part of B178 there were some very large fragments of tiles (one of them a fragmentary pan tile) with some reddish soil in some parts underneath them that we decided to remove in B178, because the reddish soil was not spread in all the surface underneath and between the tiles, and because the white soil of the Basket continued between these tiles as well. The inclusions of this basket were mainly tile fragments (most seem to have been manufactured from bright yellow clay) in the beginning of the Basket. The fragmentary tiles continued in all basket areas, but as we went deeper the amount of stones (angular, sub-rounded and rounded large boulders, cobbles and pebbles) increased. There were carbon pieces and charcoal in B178. In areas lying deeper in B178 we noticed small quantities of ashes scattered in the soil. Lots of bones were also found. The quantity of pottery sherds is not as great as was in the previous baskets of the pit fill. A fragmentary block with a rectangular depression (basin?) was also discovered [max.pr.L = 0.265m / max.pr.W.= 0.20 m / max.pr.H. = 0.175m / max. pr.H. of depression = 0.095 m] We also discovered a bronze flat object and we collected a large piece of carbon. The Eastern and southern walls of the pit do not seem very solid but they consist of very soft soil. The western limit of the pit is NS wall at 266.44E. In the western part of the Northern limit of the pit some reddish soil came to light. We could not finish the basket today, so we will continue tomorrow with the same basket. 30-05-07 We continued with B178 for another day. As we dug deeper the soil became a little more brown. The basket included also today many large stones, pottery and bones. We decided to stop excavating this pit, even though we did not finish with it and continue it in another season. In the center of the bottom of B178 there is hard soil with patches of white scattered in it, whereas around this hard soil, along the edges of the pit there is very soft soil. It is possible that this pit was a well filled with waste, but this will be determined in a following excavation period. Bone : Total count : 364 total W. = 2.82 | |
| Context Pottery: | Fineware. late sgraffito, slipped style VII (1250-1300), bowl. 3 rims. 9 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. pre-medieval99 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. glaze painted IV, slipped (1220-1260)3 rims. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. similar to 63.529 ? Small, pitcher. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. light on dark IV, slip painted (1225-1260), bowl. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. veneto, bowl. 1 rim. 4 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. matte painted, bowl. 1 rim. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. RMR, slipped (1275-1325), bowl. 1 rim. 3 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. inwardly slopping rim stewpot (950-150)2 rims. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. matte painted, stamnos. 2 rims. 8 handles. 47 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. archaic maiolica, slipped (1270-1325), plate. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. white wares19 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. metallic ware, unslipped (1275-1335), bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. zeuxippus sgraffito, slipped painted (1240-1260), bowl. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), pitcher. 4 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. protomaiolica, slipped (1260-1325), bowl. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), bowl. 19 rims. 47 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. frit, bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. coarse incised, slipped style VI (1200-1220), bowl. 5 rims. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. collar rim stew pot (1000-1100)4 rims. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. seldine (saved to lot) .; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100)8 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), cup. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. triangular rim stew pot (1100-1270)3 rims. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. metallic ware, unslipped (1275-1335), pitcher. 3 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. vertical rim stewpot (1270-1320)4 rims. 3 bodysherds. (saved to lot) . | |
| Pottery Summary: | 279 frag(s) 1.92 kg. (63% saved) fineware. | |
| 2372 frag(s) 20.47 kg. (3% saved) coarseware. | ||
| 343 frag(s) 3.78 kg. (100% saved) cooking ware. | ||
| Context Artifacts: | glass clear colorless bs 7 (saved to lot); iron blade curved with triangular section 1; carbon 2; gourna 1; glass clear pale green bs 2 (saved to lot); bronze spindle hook with wood remains inside L. 0.028 1; iron nail 2; chert (from thracian sledge) 2; glass clear dark green thickened rim similar to Jalame no 6 Diam. Greater than 0.06 rim 1 (saved to lot); glass clear yellowish green with blobs in the same material similar to Corinth XII no 744 one w/ applied coil between body and lip bs 2 (saved to lot); bronze ring 1; shell lima 1; bronze flat strip 5; iron lump 8; glass blue bs 2 (saved to lot); bone 364 W. 2.82; bronze foil 1; glass clear greenish thickened rim similar to Jalame no 6 Diam. Greater than 0.07 rim 1 (saved to lot); iron blade knife ? 1; iron hook 1; marble white 1; iron spear point ? Solid throughout L. 0.046 1; bronze flat circular object Diam. 0.015 1; glass clear colorless base with thickened edge 1 (saved to lot); iron strip 1; glass clear green bs 2 (saved to lot); stopper cut out from marble revetment 1; lamp type 16 shoulder 1 nozzle 1; revetment lap black 1; glass clear bluish green base slightly convex exterior and with concentric raised threads on interior base 1 (saved to lot); pan tile 2; glass clear pale blue with thread of the same material wound around the body in spiral form similar to Corinth XII no 731 bs 1 (saved to lot); iron nail square shank 9 head 2; bronze rod triangular in section with double row of conical projections 1; iron flat strip 1; iron strip with hook with triangular end 1; glass clear dark blue pushed in base Diam. Between 0.05 and 0.08 similar to Jalame nos 187-188 1 (saved to lot); glass clear bluish bs 1; iron key ring handle 1 wards 1; shell callista 1 | |
| Period: | Frankish (1210-1458 AD) | |
| Chronology: | with one ottoman sherd from contamination? | |
| Grid: | 267.88-266.42E, 1003.31-1004.96N | |
| XMin: | 266.42 | |
| XMax: | 267.88 | |
| YMin: | 1003.31 | |
| YMax: | 1004.96 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| Masl: | 85.86-86.69m. | |
| Is Above: | 191 | |
| Is Below: | 174 | |
| References: | Images (5) Object: MF 2007 14 Coins (7) |
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