FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 92/14 |
| fabric type |
W-CENT-SARD-A-3
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| supposed site of production |
West Central Sardinia |
| fabric previously published as |
F. 1 |
| sample taken |
2006, by Babette Bechtold, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History of Europe, Ghent University / INP Tunis |
| |
Context Data
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| site of discovery |
Carthage Bir Messouda, Uni-Ghent-Excavation |
| registration code of context |
BM 04/2420 |
| registration code of object |
BM 04/49295+49258 |
| chronology of context |
340-325 B.C.E. |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| object form |
Amphora |
| object type |
undiagnostic |
| fragmentation |
wall |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
colour light reddish brown, texture coarse, numerous fine to large: white, grey, voids, mica |
| colour of fresh break |
yellowish red 5 YR 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: 0.06-3.2 |
| inclusions |
20%, length: <0.04-2.2 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
black inclusions |
very frequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, black, <0.04-0.28 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, 0.08-0.84 |
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mica |
infrequent, spherical, angular, white, <0.04-0.04 |
|
quartz |
riddled with, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, grey, yellowish, reddish brown, 0.06-0.88 |
|
reddish inclusions |
frequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.44 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
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