FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 149/27 |
| fabric type |
ION-ADR-A-2
|
| supposed site of production |
Ionic-Adriatic region |
| fabric previously published as |
Corfiote IV |
| sample taken |
2011, by Sami Ben Tahar, Institut National du Patrimoine (INP) - Jerba |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Jerba Ghizène |
| registration code of context |
GH 110235 |
| registration code of object |
GH 110235.3 |
| chronology of context |
1st century C.E. |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| object form |
Amphora |
| object type |
Gassner 5 |
| chronology of object |
Greek-Classic 420-350 B.C.E. |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| dimensions |
diameter: 13cm (rim) |
| drawing |
|
| publication |
Bechtold 2013c, fig. 13,5. |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
colour very pale brown, texture fine and compact, without magnification inclusions invisible |
| colour of fresh break |
very pale brown 10 YR 7/3 |
| texture of fresh break |
irregular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
2.5%; void form: vughy (0.08-0.9), channel (0.12); void length: 0.08-0.9 |
| inclusions |
5.0%, length: <0.04-0.2 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
black inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.1 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
very frequent, spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, 0.04-0.5 |
|
mica |
infrequent, spherical, angular, white, <0.04-0.04 |
|
quartz |
very frequent, well rounded, very spherical, subspherical, elongate, angular, grey, white, clear, 0.04-0.16 |
|
reddish inclusions |
riddled with, rounded, very spherical, subspherical, elongate, red,reddish brown, <0.04-0.2 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
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