| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| fabric type |
HIM-C-2
|
| fabric previously published as |
HIM-REG-C-4 |
| ware |
Coarse Wares |
| supposed site of production |
Himera |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
reddish yellow, core: pinkish gray; some fine white inclusions |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
5 YR6/6, core: 5YR6/2 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
smooth |
| hardness |
very hard |
| porosity |
10%; void form: channel; vughy; void length: 4-15 |
| inclusions |
10%, length: 0,02-0,5 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
infrequent, angular, spherical, clear, 0,06-0,24 |
|
mica |
frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,04-0,09 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, white; orange, 0,06-0,24 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
riddled with, rounded, spherical, white, 0,04-0,24 |
|
black iron oxide concretions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, brownish black, 0,03-0,2 |
|
red iron oxide concretions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, reddish brown, 0,06-0,09 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| vessel form type |
Jug
hydria |
| surface description |
slipped
very pale brown, 10YR8/3 |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Himera
Necropolis Ovest |
| registration code of context |
W607 |
| registration code of object |
W 607 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| sample taken |
September 29, 2009, by Stefano Vassallo, Soprintendenza Beni Culturali e Ambientali di Palermo |
| sample no |
M 111/5 |
| status of sample |
whole sample available |
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