LIL-A-1

LIL-A-1, M 169/12, 25x

LIL-A-1, M 169/12, 16x

LIL-A-1, M 169/12, 8x

object data

fabric description

archaeometry

sample no	M 169/12
fabric type	LIL-A-1
supposed site of production	Lilibeo / Lilybaion
sample taken	July 2013, by Babette Bechtold, Soprintendenza BB.CC.AA Trapani
	Context Data
site of discovery	Lilibeo / Lilybaion Via Cicerone 1990, tomba 22
interpretation of context	funerary
registration code of context	MR 9953, T. 22
registration code of object	MR 9953, T. 22-5
chronology of context	300-270 B.C.E.
	Object
ware	Transport Amphorae
object form	Amphora
object type	Ramon T-4.2.1.5?
chronology of object	undatable
fragmentation	wall
publication	Bechtold 1999, 337.

	Visual Examination of Fresh Break
visual examination of fresh break	colour light red, core weak red, coarse texture, numerous small to large inclusions: white, grey, black, mica, voids
colour of fresh break	core reddish brown 2.5 YR 5/6, peripheral area light red 10 R 6/8
texture of fresh break	irregular
hardness	hard
	Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope (all lengths in mm)
porosity	7.5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-2.2 (vughy), 1.8 (channel)
inclusions	27.5%, length: <0.04-1.8
sorting	bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt
	Inclusions (all lengths in mm)
black inclusions	singular, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, black, 0.12-0.44
calciumcarbonate	frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, white, yellowish white, 0.04-1.2
carbonate pseudomorphoses	frequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, yellowish white, 0.06-1.8
mica	infrequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.04
quartz	very frequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, grey, clear, white, reddish brown, 0.04-0.9
reddish inclusions	singular, rounded, very spherical, red, reddish brown, 0.04-0.12

applied method for sample analysis	thin section, chemical analysis
analysis author	Giuseppe Montana

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Distribution of fabric type
“LIL-A-1”

production discovery

Representative sample for
“LIL-A-1”

M 169/3

There are 10 more samples assigned to fabric type
“LIL-A-1”.

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Context Data

Object

Visual Examination of Fresh Break

Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope (all lengths in mm)

Inclusions (all lengths in mm)

Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)

Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)