FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 187/51 |
| fabric type |
ENT-A-1
|
| supposed site of production |
Entella |
| sample taken |
February 2019, by Alessandro Corretti, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa |
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Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Entella Survey |
| registration code of context |
UT 131 |
| registration code of object |
Inv. 2505 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| object form |
Amphora |
| object type |
Western Greek, 'ad echino Gassner rim 8 |
| chronology of object |
Greek second half 4th c. BC--beginning 3rd c. BC |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| dimensions |
diameter: 15.6cm (rim); height: 3cm |
| surface description |
slipped light red 10 R 6/6 |
| drawing |
|
| publication |
Corretti and Michelini 2020, 6, 10, cat. 10. |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
Reddish clay, fine and depurated with very small visible inclusions of whitish colour and sporadic big ones. |
| colour of fresh break |
2.5 YR 6/6 |
| texture of fresh break |
fine |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
void form: channel;vughy; void length: 0.04-08-1.39 (channel lenght) |
| inclusions |
length: 0.04-08-1.19 (sporadic) |
| sorting |
unsorted |
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Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
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|
calciumcarbonate |
sporadic, well rounded, very spherical, white/yellowish, 0.04-08 |
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carbonate pseudomorphoses |
very frequent, angular;rounded, spherical;very spherical, whitish/yellowish, 0.04 |
|
grey inclusions |
rare, subangular, very spherical, dark grey, 0.12-0.16-20 |
|
mica |
sporadic, angular, very spherical, shiny, 0.12 |
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quartz |
infrequent, rounded/subrounded/angular?, very spherical, whitish/greyish/transparent, 0.12-1.19 |
|
red iron oxide concretions |
rare, subangular;subrounded, subelongate;very spherical, dark red/blackish, 0.12-16-0.40 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
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