FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 187/121 |
| fabric type |
ENT-A-1
|
| supposed site of production |
Entella |
| sample taken |
February 2019, by Alessandro Corretti, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Entella SAS 3 |
| registration code of context |
E88- 336-348 |
| chronology of context |
late 4th-first half 3rd c. BCE |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| object form |
Amphora |
| object type |
Western Greek, "a breve tesa" |
| chronology of object |
Greek 330-300 BC? |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| dimensions |
diameter: 13.2cm (rim) |
| surface description |
slipped traces of thick whitish slip inside/outside 2.5 Y 8/1 |
| drawing |
|
| publication |
Corretti and Capelli 2003, 302, cat. 59, pl. LVIII |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
Brown-reddish clay, fine and compact, with very few visible inclusions of whitish colour |
| colour of fresh break |
2.5 YR 5/6 |
| texture of fresh break |
fine |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
void form: vughy; void length: 0.04-0.40 |
| inclusions |
length: 0.03-04-0.67 |
| sorting |
poorly sorted silt |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, rounded; subrounded, spherical; elongate, whitish/yellowish, 0.08-0.60 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
very frequent, well rounded; rounded, very spherical; spherical, whitish/yellowish, 0.03-04-0.20 |
|
mica |
frequent/infrequent, angular, spherical; elongate, shiny, 0.02-04-0.08 |
|
quartz |
sporadic, angular; subangular, spherical; subspherical, transparent, 0.08-0.67 |
|
reddish inclusions |
sporadic, rounded; subrounded, spherical; elongate, red, 0.08-0.20 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section |
| analysis author |
Montana/Randazzo |
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