CAR-REG-A-4

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	CAR-REG-A-4
fabric previously published as	KTS, Carthage (n. 345)
ware	Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production	Carthage region
certainty of arguments	archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break	very pale brown, core: light gray, mottled, irregular; some fine to medium-sized reddish yellow inclusions, glittering quartz particles, sporadic large white inclusions, large channel formed voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	10YR7/3, core: 2.5Y7/2
texture of freshly broken surface	irregular
hardness	hard
porosity	10%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0,15-1
inclusions	25%
sorting	moderately sorted sand
	Inclusions
quartz	riddled with, angular, subelongate, clear, 0,15-0,3
carbonate pseudomorphoses	frequent, well rounded, subspherical, white; yellow; brown, 0,15-0,6
black iron oxide concretions	infrequent, rounded, subelongate, black, 0,06
brown inclusions	singular, rounded, subelongate, light brown, 3,5

vessel form type	Amphora close to Docter 1 A4
fragmentation	rim
dimensions	diameter: 9,8cm (rim)
surface description	coarse in- and exterior: white, 2.5Y8/2
chronology of object	600-420
publication	Bechtold (forthcoming 2)
	Context Data
site of discovery	Carthage Bir Messaouda, trench 2
registration code of context	BM05/2509
registration code of object	BM05/46568
chronology of context	530-500 (EP/MP)

sample taken	July 2006, by Babette Bechtold, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History of Europe, Ghent University / INP Tunis
sample no	M 94/8 representative sample for CAR-REG-A-4
status of sample	whole sample available

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Distribution of fabric type
“CAR-REG-A-4”

Carthage Velia Carthage region

production sampling

Representative sample for
“CAR-REG-A-4”

M 94/8

There are 1 more sample assigned to fabric type
“CAR-REG-A-4”.

The Fabrics of the Area of Carthage: The reference samples considered to be representative for the pottery production of Punic Carthage have been selected on the basis of the empiric experience of the present author who has worked on the ceramic finds yielded by several settlement excavations ...

The Pottery Production of Punic Carthage: The archaeological research conducted over the last thirty years has given clear evidence for the existence of a local pottery production at Carthage from its earliest occupation period onwards ...

Anfore dall'entroterra agrigentino. Due casi a confronto: Con questo contributo si desidera presentare le anfore provenienti da due contesti che ricadono nel territorio del comune di Casteltermini, ubicato nell?entroterra siciliano a circa 30 km a NE dall?antica colonia di Akragas. Da un punto di vista topografico l?area presenta altopiani, ancora oggi sfruttati per uso agricolo, bordati da alture, tre le quali emerge Pizzo Santa Croce avente un?altezza di 782m s.l.m.

Inclusions

Context Data