| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| fabric type |
CAR-REG-A-1
|
| fabric previously published as |
KTS, Carthage (n. 354) |
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
Carthage region |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
pale brown to light brown, hackly |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
10YR6/3-7.5YR6/4 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
hackly |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
15%; void form: channel; vughy; void length: 0,15-1 |
| inclusions |
20% |
| sorting |
moderately sorted sand |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
very frequent, angular, spherical, clear; white, 0,15-0,6 |
|
black iron oxide concretions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, black, 0,06-0,15 |
|
white inclusions |
infrequent, well rounded, subspherical, white, 0,6-1 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| vessel form type |
Amphora
Docter 1 A2/3 |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| dimensions |
diameter: 11,6cm (rim) |
| surface description |
coarse
exterior: white, 10YR8/2 (scum), interior: pinkish gray, 7.5YR7/2 |
| chronology of object |
675-550 |
| publication |
Bechtold (forthcoming 2) |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Carthage
Bir Messaouda, trench 1 |
| registration code of context |
BM02/1225 |
| registration code of object |
BM02/45140 |
| chronology of context |
430-400 (MP II.1) |
| | 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 94/10
 representative sample for CAR-REG-A-1 |
| status of sample |
whole sample available |
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