| object data | fabric description | archaeometry | petrography |
| sample no | M 179/160 |
|---|---|
| fabric type | HIM-A-1 |
| supposed site of production | Himera |
| sample taken | February 2018, by Babette Bechtold, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
Context Data |
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| site of discovery |
Himera Necropoli Ovest |
| registration code of context | W3433 |
| registration code of object | W3433 - HA13952 |
Object |
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| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| object form | Amphora |
| object type | Western Greek, Gassner rim 2 |
| chronology of object |
Greek-Archaic 530-500 BC |
| fragmentation | rim, peg |
| dimensions | diameter: 5 (peg)cm (base) |
| surface description |
slipped thick greenish slip 2.5 Y 8/2 |
| drawing |
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| photo |
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| publication | Bechtold and Vassallo 2025, 296, cat. 395. |
Distribution of fabric type
“HIM-A-1”
production
discovery
Representative sample for
“HIM-A-1”
M 179/158
There are 3 more samples assigned to fabric type
“HIM-A-1”.
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Western Greek amphorae produced at Himera: Introduction\r\nDue to its geographical location at the northwestern edge of an ample and fertile plain, Himeras agricultural and farming characteristics are undoubted. Notwithstanding historically close relations between the colony and its hinterland inhabited by native communities, at present no archaeological evidences testify to a local amphorae production destined to the commercialization of an agricultural surplus
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New fabrics of the production centre of Himera: Introduction\r\nThe present research builds upon findings from the previous publication of a selection of 22 samples presumably produced in the region of Himera and taken from ceramic objects excavated during the 2009 excavations in the western necropolis of Himera
