| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
| fabric type |
HIM-A-2
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
Himera |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeometric: quite certain, archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
Reddish-yellow clay with black-greyish core. It presents very sporadic visible inclusions of dark and white colour of small size; visible voids of linear shape |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
5 YR 6/6 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
regular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
void form: vughy; holes; channels; void length: 0.04-08-1.19 (lenght channel) |
| inclusions |
length: 0.04-0.60 |
| sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
mica |
infrequent |
|
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, rounded; subangular, spherical; very spherical, white, 0.04-08-0.20-60 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
frequent, subangular; well rounded, very spherical, white-yellowish, 0.04-0.12-16 |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, well rounded, very elongate; subspherical, from dark to light red, 0.08-0.56 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
| vessel form type |
Amphora
Western Greek, Gassner rim 3? |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| dimensions |
diameter: 13.5 ca.cm (rim); height: 2cm |
| surface description |
slipped
pinkish slip 7.5 YR 8/3 |
| chronology of object |
Greek-Archaic-Late Archaic
510-480 BC. |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Selinunte / Selinus
Tempio R |
| registration code of context |
Saggio P; US 129 |
| registration code of object |
P13.145, SL42092 |
| chronology of context |
410-350 BC. |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section |
| analysis author |
Montana/Randazzo |
| sample taken |
February 2019, by Babette Bechtold, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| sample no |
M 154/158 |
| status of sample |
whole sample available |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
| sample number |
M 154/158 |
| inventory number |
P13.145 SL42092 |
| analysis author |
Giuseppe Montana - Luciana Randazzo |
| email |
giuseppe.montana@unipa.it; luciana.randazzo@unical.it |
| institution |
University of Palermo - Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare (DiSTeM); University of Calabria Dipartimento di Biologia, Ecologia e Scienze della Terra (DiBEST):
|
| |
Inclusions Microstructure
|
| distribution |
moderately homogeneous |
| packing |
very low (<3%) |
| size |
common:
very fine (0.04-0.1mm)
sporadic:
fine (0.1-0.2mm)
rare:
medium (0.2-0.5mm)
|
| roundness |
angular |
| sorting |
scarce-serial |
| maximum grain size |
0.3 |
| |
Mineral Inclusions
|
| common |
Monocrystalline Quartz |
| sporadic |
Polycrystalline Quartz |
| rare |
Orthoclase, Muscovite |
| |
Newly Formed Phases
|
| common |
secondary calcite |
| |
Other Compositional & Textural Features
|
| sporadic |
Microfossils, Micritic Clots |
| quartz grain prevailing roundness |
angular |
| |
Coating / Slipping
|
| thickness |
|
| conservation status |
|
| |
Texture
|
| homogenity |
moderately homogeneous patchy: sporadic |
| optical activity |
slightly active |
| color |
|
| degree of sintering |
well sintered |
| |
Porosity
|
| abundance of voids/pores |
low (<10%) |
| orientation |
partial |
| prevalent |
tiny (<0.01mm), small (0.01-0.1mm), medium (0.1-1mm), irregular |
| sporadic |
vesicular |
| |
Composition
|
| clay composition |
ca-rich |
| |
Interpretation
|
| estimated firing temperature |
well fired |
| modelling of raw clay |
use of wheel |
| refinement of raw clay |
acceptable |
| refinement of temper |
sieved natural sand |
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