CdE-A-2

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	CdE-A-2
ware	Transport Amphorae
certainty of arguments	archaeometric: not certain
visual excamination of fresh break	reddish yellow, core: pink, granular; numerous fine white inclusions, some large black and white inclusions, some mica
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	5YR6/6, core: 7.5YR7/4
texture of freshly broken surface	granular
hardness	hard
porosity	5%; void form: channel; void length: 0,08-0,8
inclusions	20%, length: 0,12-0,8
sorting	poorly sorted silt
	Inclusions
quartz	riddled with, angular, subelongate, white; clear, 0.2-0,8
mica	infrequent
reddish inclusions	frequent, rounded, spherical, red, 0,12-0,6
black inclusions	infrequent, rounded, spherical, black
foraminifera	infrequent, rounded, subelongate, white, 0,4-0,4

vessel form type	Amphora Ramon T. 11.2.1.3.
fragmentation	rim
surface description	slipped white slip
chronology of object	Greek-Classic
	Context Data
site of discovery	Velia Crossroad, trench 1/89
registration code of context	86/89
registration code of object	86/89-22

applied method for sample analysis	thin section and heavy mineral analysis
analysis author	Roman Sauer
petrographic mineralogical type	RVA013
sample taken	July 1994, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University
sample no	M 6/85 representative sample for CdE-A-2
status of sample	sample surplus and thin section surplus available

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Distribution of fabric type
“CdE-A-2”

Velia Pantelleria Himera Himera Himera

production sampling

Representative sample for
“CdE-A-2”

M 6/85

There are 4 more samples assigned to fabric type
“CdE-A-2”.

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More Fabrics of the 'Circuito del Estrecho' Area: Amphorae from the Region of Málaga/Almería from Southern-central Mediterranean Sites: Introduction The present research was inspired by the identification of an important find group among the approximately 280 Punic amphorae found in the necropolis of Himera in western Sicily. This assemblage is composed of 30 transport containers which formally refer to types produced in the 'Circuito del Estrecho de Gibraltar' area?

Fabrics of Punic Amphorae from the 'Circulo del Estrecho': Punic amphorae of the type Ramon 11.2.1.3. have been observed at Velia. This type is nor? mally attributed to the so?called area of the ?Estrecho de Gibraltar? ...

Inclusions

Context Data