MOT-A-1

MOT-A-1, M 179/9, 25x

MOT-A-1, M 179/9, 16x

MOT-A-1, M 179/9, 8x

object data

fabric description

archaeometry

sample no	M 179/9
fabric type	MOT-A-1
supposed site of production	Mozia / Motya
sample taken	May 2013, by Babette Bechtold, Soprintendenza BB.CC.AA Trapani
	Context Data
site of discovery	Himera Necropoli E, Royal
interpretation of context	funerary
registration code of context	RO1180
registration code of object	RO1180
chronology of context	550-520 BCE
	Object
ware	Transport Amphorae
object form	Amphora
object type	Ramon T-1.3.2.1
chronology of object	Punic-Early Punic 550-520 BC
fragmentation	profile
dimensions	diameter: 10.5cm (rim)
drawing
photo
publication	Bechtold and Vassallo 2018, 112, cat. 47.

	Visual Examination of Fresh Break
visual examination of fresh break	colour dark grey, peripheral area exterior red, texture coarse, numerous small to large inclusions: white, yellowish, voids
colour of fresh break	dark reddish grey 10 R 4/1, exterior 10 R 4/8
texture of fresh break	granular
hardness	hard
	Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope (all lengths in mm)
porosity	7.5%; void form: channel, vughy; void length: 0.04-0.72 (channel), 1.1 (vughy)
inclusions	20%, length: <0.04-1.0
sorting	bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt
	Inclusions (all lengths in mm)
black inclusions	singular, subrounded, subspherical, black, 0.12-0.18
calciumcarbonate	very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, yellowish white, 0.04-0.72
carbonate pseudomorphoses	very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherrical, subelongate, white, yellowish white, 0.04-1.0
mica	infrequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, <0.04-0.08
quartz	very frequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular - angular, very spherical - subspherical, clear, grey, 0.08-0.72
reddish inclusions	infrequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, red, orange, 0.04-0.12

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Distribution of fabric type
“MOT-A-1”

Himera Pantelleria Selinunte / Selinus Selinunte / Selinus Himera Himera Himera Himera Mozia / Motya Mozia / Motya Mozia / Motya Mozia / Motya Mozia / Motya Mozia / Motya Mozia / Motya Mozia / Motya

production discovery

Representative sample for
“MOT-A-1”

M 179/8

There are 7 more samples assigned to fabric type
“MOT-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)