| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
fabric type |
CAL-A-4
|
ware |
Transport Amphorae |
supposed site of production |
Rhegion province |
certainty of arguments |
archaeometric: certain, archaeological: certain |
visual excamination of fresh break |
reddish yellow, granular; numerous fine white and few light red inclusions |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
7.5YR7/8 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
4%; void form: chambers; void length: 0,2-0,4 |
inclusions |
length: 0,6-4,8 |
sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
|
Inclusions
|
quartz |
frequent, angular, subelongate, white, 0.6-1,2 |
mica |
infrequent |
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0.2 |
reddish inclusions |
frequent, rounded, spherical, rust coloured, 4,8 |
grey inclusions |
singular, angular, subelongate, metallic grey |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
vessel form type |
Amphora Keay 52 |
fragmentation |
fragmentation not specified |
surface description |
coarse |
chronology of object |
Roman-Imperial-Late Imperial |
|
Context Data
|
site of discovery |
Rhegion Pellaro, from the late antique kiln, 1989 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
petrographic mineralogical type |
RRA2 |
sample taken |
July 1995 |
sample no |
M 55/2 representative sample for CAL-A-4 |
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