CdE-A-2

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	CdE-A-2
ware	Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production	Circulo del Estrecho
certainty of arguments	archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break	colour light brown and light red, texture middle fine, numerous small and few large inclusions: grey, reddish, white, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	light red 2.5 YR 7/6, core reddish yellow 7.5 YR 7/6
texture of freshly broken surface	granular
hardness	hard
porosity	7.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.06-2.6
inclusions	20%, length: <0.04-1.4
sorting	bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt
	Inclusions
quartz	very frequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, grey, white, clear, 0.04-1.2
mica	infrequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, dark, <0.04-0.06
calciumcarbonate	frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-0.2
carbonate pseudomorphoses	singular, spherical - subspherical, yellowish white, white, 0.28-0.4
reddish inclusions	frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, <0.04-1.4
black inclusions	frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.32
foraminifera	infrequent, very spherical, subelongate, white, 0.08-0.48

vessel form type	Amphora Ramon T-8.1.1.2
fragmentation	rim
dimensions	diameter: 12cm (rim)
chronology of object	Punic-Middle Punic 400-300 B.C.E.
drawing
	Context Data
site of discovery	Pantelleria Cossyra, Acropolis-Excavation
registration code of context	PN 10 ACR XVI 4413
registration code of object	PN 10 ACR XVI 4413-12
chronology of context	early 4th B.C.E.

sample taken	2011, by Babette Bechtold, Institute of Classical Archaeology, University of Tübingen
sample no	M 119/105

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Distribution of fabric type
“CdE-A-2”

Velia Pantelleria Himera Himera Himera

production sampling

Representative sample for
“CdE-A-2”

M 6/85

There are 4 more samples assigned to fabric type
“CdE-A-2”.

Le anfore puniche dello scarico di Grotta Vanella a Segesta: Introduzione:In questo breve contributo vengono presentati i primi risultati di una ricognizione preliminare delle anfore da trasporto puniche dello Scarico di Grotta Vanella a Segesta?

More Fabrics of the 'Circuito del Estrecho' Area: Amphorae from the Region of Málaga/Almería from Southern-central Mediterranean Sites: Introduction The present research was inspired by the identification of an important find group among the approximately 280 Punic amphorae found in the necropolis of Himera in western Sicily. This assemblage is composed of 30 transport containers which formally refer to types produced in the 'Circuito del Estrecho de Gibraltar' area?

Fabrics of Punic Amphorae from the 'Circulo del Estrecho': Punic amphorae of the type Ramon 11.2.1.3. have been observed at Velia. This type is nor? mally attributed to the so?called area of the ?Estrecho de Gibraltar? ...

Inclusions

Context Data