FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 79/51
representative sample for ION-ADR-A-3 |
| fabric type |
ION-ADR-A-3
|
| supposed site of production |
Ionic-Adriatic region |
| |
Context Data
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| site of discovery |
Butrint / Buthrotum |
| registration code of object |
BK 5644 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| object form |
Amphora |
| object type |
Western Greek amphora, Gassner's rim 1 |
| chronology of object |
Greek-Archaic |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| drawing |
|
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
light gray, irregular, mid-sized to large brown and white inclusions |
| colour of fresh break |
2.5Y7/2 |
| texture of fresh break |
irregular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.04-0.12 |
| inclusions |
7.5%, length: 0.02-1.5 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
brown inclusions |
infrequent, very angular, spherical, rusty brown to dark brown, 0.04-0.08 |
|
grey inclusions |
infrequent, very angular, subspherical, dark grey, 0.2-0.48 |
|
mica |
infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.02 |
|
quartz |
very frequent, angular, spherical, pink;clear;white, 0.12-1.5 |
|
reddish inclusions |
frequent, rounded, spherical, rust coloured, 0.04-0.4 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
A 1 |
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