FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 92/48 |
| fabric type |
ION-ADR-A-1
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| supposed site of production |
Ionic-Adriatic region |
| fabric previously published as |
F. 4 |
| sample taken |
2006, by Babette Bechtold, Department of Archaeology, University of Amsterdam/INP Tunis |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Carthage Bir Messaouda, Amsterdam Excavation |
| registration code of context |
BM 00/1093 |
| registration code of object |
BM00/60243 |
| chronology of context |
430-420 B.C.E. |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| object form |
Amphora |
| object type |
undiagnostic |
| chronology of object |
undatable |
| fragmentation |
wall |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
colour light red, texture fine, very fine inclusions, voids |
| colour of fresh break |
reddish yellow 7.5 YR 7/6 |
| texture of fresh break |
regular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
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| porosity |
2.5%; void form: vughy (0.04-0.8), channel (0.08-0.2); void length: 0.04-0.8 |
| inclusions |
2.5%, length: <0.04-0.8 |
| sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
black inclusions |
infrequent, well rounded, very spherical, very elongate, black, 0.04-0.2 |
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calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, 0.08-0.2 |
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mica |
frequent, spherical, angular, white, <0.04-0.04 |
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quartz |
very frequent, well rounded - subangular, very spherical - subspherical, grey, white, clear, 0.04-0.12 |
|
reddish inclusions |
frequent, rounded, subspherical, very elongate, reddish brown, <0.04-0.2 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
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