FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 166/1 |
| fabric type |
W-CENT-SARD-A-3
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| supposed site of production |
West Central Sardinia |
| sample taken |
1990, by Babette Bechtold, Soprintendenza BB.CC.AA Trapani |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Lilibeo / Lilybaion necropolis |
| interpretation of context |
funerary |
| registration code of context |
MR 90, V. Cicerone, T. 60 |
| registration code of object |
MR 90, V. Cicerone, T. 60-4 |
| chronology of context |
320-300 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| object form |
Amphora |
| object type |
undiagnostic |
| chronology of object |
Punic undiagnostic |
| fragmentation |
wall |
| publication |
Bechtold 1999, 341. |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
colour reddish brown, texture coarse, numerous fine to large inclusions: white, grey, black, red, mica |
| colour of fresh break |
reddish brown 5 YR 5/4 |
| texture of fresh break |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
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| porosity |
5%; void form: vughy (0.06-0.8), channel (0.2-0.8); void length: 0.06-0.8 |
| inclusions |
30%, length: <0.04-2.4 |
| sorting |
moderately sorted sand |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
black inclusions |
frequent, rounded, subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.72 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
singular, well rounded, subangular, spherical - subspherical, white, 0.24-2.4 |
|
mica |
infrequent, spherical, angular, white, dark, <0.04-0.04 |
|
quartz |
riddled with, well rounded, subangular - angular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate - elongate, grey, white, reddish, 0.08-1.2 |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, red, reddish brown, 0.04-0.32 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
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