FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 110/4 |
| fabric type |
HIM-G-1
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| supposed site of production |
Himera |
| fabric previously published as |
HIM-REG - G - 2 |
| sample taken |
September 2009, by Stefano Vassallo, Soprintendenza Beni Culturali e Ambientali di Palermo |
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Context Data
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| site of discovery |
Himera Necropolis Ovest |
| registration code of context |
W748 |
| registration code of object |
W748/1, HA10770 |
| chronology of context |
late 6th-early 5th BCE |
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Object
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| ware |
Glazed Wares |
| object form |
Skyphos |
| fragmentation |
profile |
| surface description |
glazed pink, 7.5YR7/4, interior: stripe of shininig dark gray glaze, 7.5YR4/1 |
| photo |
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| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
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Visual Examination of Fresh Break
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| visual examination of fresh break |
reddish yellow, fine; some fine white inclusions |
| colour of fresh break |
7.5YR6/6, core: 5YR6/6 |
| texture of fresh break |
fine |
| hardness |
hard |
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Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
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| porosity |
7.5%; void form: channel;chambers; void length: 0.04-0.5 |
| inclusions |
5%, length: 0.02-0.3 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
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Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
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calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, well rounded, spherical, white, 0.6 |
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carbonate pseudomorphoses |
riddled with, well rounded, spherical, white, 0.02-0.8 |
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mica |
infrequent, angular, subelongate, white, 0.01 |
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quartz |
frequent, angular, subelongate, clear, 0.08-0.16 |
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red iron oxide concretions |
infrequent, subangular, spherical, reddish brown;reddish brown, 0.08 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
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