FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 92/44 |
| fabric type |
ION-ADR-A-2
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| supposed site of production |
Ionic-Adriatic region |
| fabric previously published as |
F 15/Corfiote IV |
| sample taken |
2006, by Babette Bechtold, Department of Archaeology, University of Amsterdam/INP Tunis |
| |
Context Data
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| site of discovery |
Carthage Bir Messaouda, Amsterdam Excavatiom |
| registration code of context |
BM 00/1000 |
| registration code of object |
BM00/60253 |
| chronology of context |
surface find |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| object form |
Amphora |
| object type |
Gassner 5/Corinthian B |
| chronology of object |
Greek-Classic 500-400 B.C.E. |
| fragmentation |
base |
| drawing |
|
| publication |
Bechtold 2008b, 100, cat. 40, fig. 21; Bechtold 2013c, fig. 13,7. |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
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| visual examination of fresh break |
colour greenish white, texture fine and compact, numerous fine inclusions: grey, red, voids |
| colour of fresh break |
white 5 Y 8/2 |
| texture of fresh break |
regular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
2.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.04-1.0 |
| inclusions |
7.5%, length: <0.04-0.6 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
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|
black inclusions |
frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, very elongate, black, <0.04-0.28 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
very frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, reddish, yellowish, black, 0.04-0.28 |
|
mica |
infrequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, <0.04-0.04 |
|
quartz |
riddled with, well rounded - subangular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, grey, <0.04-0.6 |
|
reddish inclusions |
very frequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.4 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
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