| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| fabric type |
CAR-REG-A-1
|
| fabric previously published as |
KTS, Carthage (n. 368) |
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
Carthage region |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
yellowish red, irregular; many fine to medium-sized white inclusions, large channel formed voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
5 YR5/6 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
irregular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
void form: channel; vughy; void length: 0,03-0,5 |
| inclusions |
15% |
| sorting |
moderately sorted sand |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
very frequent, angular, spherical, clear; gray, 0,3-0,6 |
|
black iron oxide concretions |
infrequent, rounded, subspherical, black, 0,06-0,15 |
|
red iron oxide concretions |
singular, well rounded, spherical, rusty brown, 0,4 |
|
white inclusions |
singular, rounded, elongate, white, 0,6 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| vessel form type |
Amphora |
| fragmentation |
base |
| dimensions |
diameter: 6,9cm (bottom) |
| surface description |
coarse
exterior: pink, 7.5YR 8/4, interior: light red, 2.5R6/6 |
| chronology of object |
400-250? |
| publication |
Bechtold (forthcoming 2) |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Carthage
Bir Messaouda, trench 1 |
| registration code of context |
BM02/1212 |
| registration code of object |
BM02/45267 |
| chronology of context |
200-146 (LP II) |
| | 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 94/12 |
| status of sample |
whole sample available |
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