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AKR-A-1, M 179/232, scale bar 0.2mm
AKR-A-1, M 179/232, scale bar 0.5mm
AKR-A-1, M 179/232, 25x
AKR-A-1, M 179/232, 16x
AKR-A-1, M 179/232, 8x
object datafabric descriptionarchaeometrypetrography
sample no M 179/232
fabric type AKR-A-1
supposed site of production Agrigento / Akragas
sample taken February 2018, by Babette Bechtold, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University
 

Context Data

site of discovery Himera
Necropoli Ovest
interpretation of context funerary
registration code of context W5377
registration code of object W5377-HA18930
chronology of context 520-500 BCE
 

Object

ware Transport Amphorae
object form Amphora
object type Western Greek, Gassner rim 3
chronology of object Greek-Archaic
520-500 BC
fragmentation rim, peg
dimensions diameter: 10.8cm (rim), 4.2 (peg)cm (base)
surface description slipped
very pale brown 10 YR 8/3
drawing
publication Bechtold and Vassallo 2025, 301, cat. 424; Bechtold 2020, fig. 3,2
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