FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 149/41 |
| fabric type |
CAL-A-1
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| supposed site of production |
Calabria |
| fabric previously published as |
PN impasto 5 |
| sample taken |
2011, by Sami Ben Tahar, Institut National du Patrimoine (INP) - Jerba |
| |
Context Data
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| site of discovery |
Jerba Ghizène |
| interpretation of context |
domestic |
| registration code of context |
GH 180116 |
| registration code of object |
GH 180116.1 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| object form |
Amphora |
| object type |
Gassner 6 |
| chronology of object |
Greek-Classic 430-350 B.C.E. |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| dimensions |
diameter: 15.6cm (rim) |
| drawing |
|
| publication |
Bechtold 2013c, fig. 6,6. |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
colour light brown, texture fine and compact, numerous fine inclusions: red, white, grey, mica |
| colour of fresh break |
pink 7.5 YR 7/4 |
| texture of fresh break |
irregular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04-0.2 |
| inclusions |
15%, length: <0.04-1.2 |
| sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
black inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, black, 0.04-0.2 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
very frequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical, subelongate, white, 0.04-0.08 |
|
mica |
frequent, spherical, angular, white, dark, <0.04-0.04 |
|
quartz |
frequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, grey, reddish, clear, white, 0.04-1.2 |
|
reddish inclusions |
very frequent, well rounded - rounded, spherical, very elongate, red, reddish brown, 0.04-0.2 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
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