CdE-A-3

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	CdE-A-3
ware	Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production	Circulo del Estrecho
certainty of arguments	archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break	colour pale brown, pale red, core grey, texture middle fine and compact, frequent small to large inclusions: grey, black, red, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	light red 2.5 YR 6/6, core gley 1 6/-
texture of freshly broken surface	granular
hardness	hard
porosity	2.5%; void form: chambers, channel; void length: 0.04-2.2
inclusions	12.5%, length: <0.04-1.1
sorting	bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt
	Inclusions
quartz	frequent, well rounded - subrounded, angular, spherical - subspherical, elongate, grey, white, clear, 0.04-1.0
mica	frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, dark, <0.04-0.08
calciumcarbonate	frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-0.2
reddish inclusions	frequent, rounded - subangular, spherical - subspherical, elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.6
black inclusions	frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.6
grey inclusions	frequent, subspherical - spherical, very elongate, grey, 0.04-1.1
more inclusions1	singular, very spherical, 0.4
more inclusions2	singular, spherical - very elongate, white with black and red, 0.3-1.0

vessel form type	Amphora Ramon T-11.2.1.3
fragmentation	shoulder – shoulder and handle
chronology of object	Punic-Middle Punic 480-409 B.C.E.
publication	Montana et al. 2006, imp. V.
drawing
	Context Data
site of discovery	Himera Necropoli E
registration code of context	Necropoli E, L 283
registration code of object	L 283

applied method for sample analysis	thin section, chemical analysis
analysis author	Giuseppe Montana
sample taken	May 2013, by Babette Bechtold, Soprintendenza Beni Culturali e Ambientali di Palermo
sample no	M 179/107 representative sample for CdE-A-3

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Distribution of fabric type
“CdE-A-3”

Himera Pantelleria Himera

production sampling

Representative sample for
“CdE-A-3”

M 179/107

There are 2 more samples assigned to fabric type
“CdE-A-3”.

Le anfore puniche dello scarico di Grotta Vanella a Segesta: Introduzione:In questo breve contributo vengono presentati i primi risultati di una ricognizione preliminare delle anfore da trasporto puniche dello Scarico di Grotta Vanella a Segesta?

More Fabrics of the 'Circuito del Estrecho' Area: Amphorae from the Region of Málaga/Almería from Southern-central Mediterranean Sites: Introduction The present research was inspired by the identification of an important find group among the approximately 280 Punic amphorae found in the necropolis of Himera in western Sicily. This assemblage is composed of 30 transport containers which formally refer to types produced in the 'Circuito del Estrecho de Gibraltar' area?

Fabrics of Punic Amphorae from the 'Circulo del Estrecho': Punic amphorae of the type Ramon 11.2.1.3. have been observed at Velia. This type is nor? mally attributed to the so?called area of the ?Estrecho de Gibraltar? ...

Inclusions

Context Data