| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
| fabric type |
HIM-A-2
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
Himera |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
Reddish-yellow clay with black-greyish core. It presents very sporadic visible inclusions of dark and white colour of small size; visible voids of linear shape |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
5 YR 6/6 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
void form: Vughy; holes; channel (some); void length: 0.04-08-1.19 (lenght channel) |
| inclusions |
length: 0.04-0.60 |
| sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
mica |
infrequent |
|
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, rounded; subangular, spherical; very spherical, white, 0,04-08-0,20; 0,79 (singular stain) |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
frequent, subangular; well rounded, very spherical, white-yellowish, 0,04-0,12-16 |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, well rounded, very elongate; subspherical, from dark red to lighter red, 0,08-0,56 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
| vessel form type |
Amphora
Western Greek, Gassner rim 3 |
| fragmentation |
rim, peg |
| dimensions |
diameter: 11.2cm (rim), 4.2 (peg)cm (bottom) |
| surface description |
slipped
traces of whitish slip 7.5 YR 8/1 |
| chronology of object |
Greek-Archaic-Late Archaic
520-490 BC |
| publication |
Bechtold 2020, fig. 2,2 |
| drawing |
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| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Himera
Necropoli Ovest |
| registration code of context |
W2350 |
| registration code of object |
W2350 - HA13491 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section, chemical analysis |
| analysis author |
Montana/Randazzo |
| sample taken |
February 2018, by Babette Bechtold, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| sample no |
M 179/159
 representative sample for HIM-A-2 |
| status of sample |
whole sample available |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
| sample number |
M 179/159 |
| inventory number |
W2350 HA13491 |
| analysis author |
Giuseppe Montana - Luciana Randazzo |
| email |
giuseppe.montana@unipa.it; luciana.randazzo@unical.it |
| institution |
giuseppe.montana@unipa.it; luciana.randazzo@unical.it:
|
| |
Inclusions Microstructure
|
| distribution |
moderately homogeneous |
| packing |
very low (<3%) |
| size |
common:
very fine (0.04-0.1mm)
sporadic:
fine (0.1-0.2mm)
rare:
medium (0.2-0.5mm)
|
| roundness |
angular |
| sorting |
scarce-serial |
| maximum grain size |
0.8 |
| |
Mineral Inclusions
|
| prevalent |
Monocrystalline Quartz |
| common |
Polycrystalline Quartz |
| sporadic |
Orthoclase, Muscovite, Accessory & Heavy Minerals (Iron oxides) |
| rare |
Plagioclase |
| |
Rock Fragments
|
| rare |
Magmatic (plutonic) (Granitoid), Sedimentary (Sandstone) |
| |
Other Compositional & Textural Features
|
| sporadic |
Microfossils (Bivalves), Micritic Clots |
| quartz grain prevailing roundness |
angular |
| |
Coating / Slipping
|
| thickness |
|
| conservation status |
|
| |
Texture
|
| homogenity |
moderately homogeneous patchy: sporadic |
| optical activity |
inactive |
| color |
|
| degree of sintering |
well sintered |
| |
Porosity
|
| abundance of voids/pores |
medium (10-30%) |
| orientation |
full |
| prevalent |
small (0.01-0.1mm), medium (0.1-1mm), irregular |
| |
Composition
|
| clay composition |
ca-rich |
| |
Interpretation
|
| estimated firing temperature |
well fired |
| modelling of raw clay |
use of wheel |
| refinement of raw clay |
acceptable |
| refinement of temper |
sieved natural sand |
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