MOT-C-2

MOT-C-2, M 185/23, 25x

MOT-C-2, M 185/23, 16x

MOT-C-2, M 185/23, 8x

object data

fabric description

archaeometry

sample no	M 185/23
fabric type	MOT-C-2
supposed site of production	Mozia / Motya
sample taken	February 2014, by Falsone, Università degli Studi di Palermo
	Context Data
site of discovery	Mozia / Motya Zone K53.156 (1981)
registration code of context	Zone K53.156 (1981), locus 5340
registration code of object	Zone K53.156 (1981), locus 5340
chronology of context	397 B.C.E.
	Object
ware	Coarse Wares Plain Ware
object form	Jug
chronology of object	Punic-Middle Punic 500-400 B.C.E.
fragmentation	rim - neck - handle
dimensions	diameter: 18cm (rim)
drawing

	Visual Examination of Fresh Break
visual examination of fresh break	colour red, texture middle fine and compact, numerous small to large inclusions: white, grey, voids
colour of fresh break	red 10 R 5/8, core red 10 R 5/6
texture of fresh break	granular
hardness	hard
	Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope (all lengths in mm)
porosity	5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-1.0 (vughy), 0.7 (channel)
inclusions	17.5%, length: <0.04-0.9
sorting	bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt
	Inclusions (all lengths in mm)
black inclusions	infrequent, well rounded - rounded, spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.16
calciumcarbonate	frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, yellowish white, 0.04-0.64
carbonate pseudomorphoses	frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, yellowish white, 0.04-0.64
foraminifera	singular, well rounded, very spherical, elongate, white, 0.24-0.3
mica	infrequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.,04-0.04
quartz	very frequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular - angular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, clear, grey, white, 0.06-0.9
reddish inclusions	infrequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, <0.04-0.08

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Distribution of fabric type
“MOT-C-2”

Mozia / Motya Mozia / Motya Mozia / Motya Mozia / Motya

production discovery

Representative sample for
“MOT-C-2”

M 185/22

There are 1 more sample assigned to fabric type
“MOT-C-2”.

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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)