| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| fabric type |
CAR-REG-A-1
|
| fabric previously published as |
KTS, Carthage (n. 379) |
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
Carthage region |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
reddish yellow, laminated; many fine to medium-sized, dark inclusions, large channel formed voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
5YR6/6 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
laminated |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
10%; void form: channel; void length: 0,15-2 |
| inclusions |
20% |
| sorting |
moderately sorted sand |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
very frequent, angular, spherical, clear; brown, 0,3-0,75 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
frequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0,06-0,5 |
|
black iron oxide concretions |
infrequent, angular, spherical, black, 0,06-0,2 |
|
white inclusions |
frequent, well rounded, spherical, white, 0,15-1,2 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| vessel form type |
Amphora
Ramón T-4.2.1.1 |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| dimensions |
diameter: 12,5cm (rim) |
| surface description |
coarse
exterior: pink, 7.5YR8/4, interior: light red, 2.5YR6/6 |
| chronology of object |
430-300 |
| publication |
Bechtold 2007d, 669, cat. 5509 |
| drawing |
 |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Carthage
below crossroad of Decumanus Maximus and Cardo X, house 1, room F |
| registration code of context |
KA 88/86 |
| registration code of object |
KA 88/86-10 |
| chronology of context |
modern disturbed level dating 350-250 BC) |
| changes of previously edited data |
The drawing of the present sample has been substituted by a new one.
modern disturbed level dating 350-250 BC) |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| sample taken |
Summer 1991, by Roald Docter, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History of Europe, Ghent University / INP Tunis |
| sample no |
M 94/15 |
| status of sample |
whole sample available |
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