W-CENT-SARD-A-3

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	W-CENT-SARD-A-3
ware	Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production	West Central Sardinia
certainty of arguments	archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break	colour reddish brown, texture coarse, numerous fine to large inclusions: grey, brown, white, red, voids, mica
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	yellowish red 5 YR 5/6
texture of freshly broken surface	granular
hardness	hard
porosity	7.5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04-1.6
inclusions	25%, length: <0.04-2
sorting	unsorted
	Inclusions
quartz	riddled with, well rounded - rounded, subangular - angular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate - elongate, grey, white, reddish, clear, 0.04-2
mica	frequent, angular, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.08
calciumcarbonate	infrequent, rounded - subrounded, subspherical, subelongate, white, 0.08-0.2
carbonate pseudomorphoses	infrequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, 0.12-0.28
reddish inclusions	very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.6
black inclusions	very frequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.28
more inclusions2	singular, subrounded, subspherical, black and red, 0.6-1.0

vessel form type	Amphora undiagnostic
fragmentation	body
chronology of object	undatable
	Context Data
site of discovery	Malta Zejtun
registration code of context	ZTN 06/1113
registration code of object	ZTN 06/1113

sample taken	2013, by Babette Bechtold, Department of Classics and Archaeology, University of Malta
sample no	M 105/25

Cite this page as: FACEM - http://facem.at/m-105-25

Distribution of fabric type
“W-CENT-SARD-A-3”

Carthage Carthage Carthage Carthage Carthage Malta Pantelleria Pantelleria Pantelleria Pantelleria Pantelleria Pantelleria Pantelleria Pantelleria Pantelleria Selinunte / Selinus Lilibeo / Lilybaion Lilibeo / Lilybaion

production sampling

Representative sample for
“W-CENT-SARD-A-3”

M 148/3

There are 19 more samples assigned to fabric type
“W-CENT-SARD-A-3”.

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Presenze puniche nella valle dell'Eleuterio. Il caso delle anfore di Monte Porcara (Bagheria, PA): Introduzione Questo piccolo contributo rientra nell?insieme di una serie di studi volti a comprendere i rapporti e le interazioni tra il mondo indigeno, la presenza greca e l?elemento punico nell?area del palermitano. Si tratta dunque di una nuova tappa di una ricerca, ancora in itinere, che ha come oggetto lo studio delle dinamiche insediamentali e del popolamento lungo le valli fluviali della Sicilia Occidentale.

Fabrics of Western Central Sardinia: Two fabrics have been defined by the Riu Mannu and Terralba projects on the basis of systematically and intensively collected surface finds (1992?99 and 2003?04). Around 4,000 fragments from a dozen sites...

Western Greek and Sardinian Amphorae from Punic Sites in the Southern Mediterranean: New Evidence from Fabric Analysis for Economic Interaction in the Carthaginian Sphere of Influence (6th-3rd century B.C.E.)

Inclusions

Context Data