| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
fabric type |
SOL-A-4
|
ware |
Transport Amphorae |
supposed site of production |
Solunto / Solus |
visual excamination of fresh break |
colour red, peripheral area dark grey, texture fine and compact, numerous small and few large inclusions: white, yellowish, grey, red, voids |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
red 10 R 5/8 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
smooth |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
10%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.08 (channel)-0.5, 1x 1,5 (vughy), 0.2 (channel) |
inclusions |
15%, length: <0.04-1.0 |
sorting |
unsorted |
|
Inclusions
|
quartz |
very frequent, rounded, subangular - angular, spherical - subspherical, clear, grey, reddish, 0.04 |
mica |
frequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.06 |
calciumcarbonate |
very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-1.0 |
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
riddled with, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-0.5 |
reddish inclusions |
frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subangular, reddish brown, red, <0.04-0.6 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
vessel form type |
Amphora Ramon T-1.4.4.1 (n. 65) |
fragmentation |
rim |
dimensions |
diameter: 16cm (rim) |
chronology of object |
Punic-Middle Punic 350-250 B.C.E. |
drawing |
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Context Data
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site of discovery |
Palermo / Panormos Abitato, Pz. Bologni |
registration code of context |
PB US 701/12 |
registration code of object |
PB US 701/12 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
sample taken |
August 2014, by Teresa Arena, Soprintendenza Beni Culturali e Ambientali di Palermo |
sample no |
M 106/41 |
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