| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| fabric type |
CAR-REG-C-2
|
| fabric previously published as |
KTS, Carthage (n. 307) |
| ware |
Coarse Wares |
| supposed site of production |
Carthage region |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
reddish yellow, core: light brown, irregular, few fine white and dark particles, some very large dark gray inclusions |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
5YR 6/6, core: 7.5YR6/3 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
irregular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
10%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0,04-3 |
| inclusions |
15%, length: 0,02-1 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
very frequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, clear, 0,04-1 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, well rounded, spherical, white, 0,08-0,12 |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, reddish brown, 0,05-0,25 |
|
black inclusions |
infrequent, angular, spherical, black, 0,05-0,2 |
|
grey inclusions |
frequent, subrounded, elongate, grey, 0,5-2,5 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| vessel form type |
Dolium
large storage vessel |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| dimensions |
diameter: 19cm (rim) |
| surface description |
coarse
in- and exterior: light red, 2.5YR6/6 |
| publication |
Bechtold (forthcoming 2) |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Carthage
Bir Messaouda, trench 4 |
| registration code of context |
BM04/4440 |
| registration code of object |
BM04/42680 |
| chronology of context |
350-325 (MP II.2) |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| sample taken |
July 2006, by Babette Bechtold, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History of Europe, Ghent University / INP Tunis |
| sample no |
M 95/5
 representative sample for CAR-REG-C-2 |
| status of sample |
whole sample available |
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