| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| fabric type |
CAR-REG-A-2
|
| fabric previously published as |
KTS, Carthage (n. 331) |
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
Carthage region |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
red, laminated; many fine to medium-sized white inclusions, some channel formed voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
2.5YR5/6 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
laminated |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
15%; void form: channel; vughy; void length: 0,1-2 |
| inclusions |
25% |
| sorting |
moderately sorted sand |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
frequent, angular, spherical, clear; white, 0,3-0,6 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
infrequent, well rounded, spherical, white, 0,15-0,5 |
|
black iron oxide concretions |
infrequent, subangular, spherical, black, 0,15 |
|
red iron oxide concretions |
singular, well rounded, spherical, reddish brown, 0,2 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| vessel form type |
Amphora
Ramón T-4.2.1.6 |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| surface description |
coarse
in- and exterior: pink, 7.5YR8/4 |
| chronology of object |
350-280 |
| publication |
Bechtold (forthcoming 2) |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Carthage
Bir Messaouda, trench 2 |
| registration code of context |
BM04/2420 |
| registration code of object |
BM04/42632 |
| chronology of context |
350-325 (MP II.2) |
| | 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 94/6
 representative sample for CAR-REG-A-2 |
| status of sample |
whole sample available |
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