CAL-A-6

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	CAL-A-6
fabric previously published as	Impasto 6
ware	Transport Amphorae CAL-A-6, close to
supposed site of production	Calabria
certainty of arguments	archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break	colour light reddish brown, texture fine and compact, numerous fine to large inclusions: white, grey, red, mica, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	light red 2.5 YR 6/6-6/8
texture of freshly broken surface	irregular
hardness	hard
porosity	3.5%; void form: vughy (0.08-4.8), channel (0.12-4.6); void length: 0.08-4.8
inclusions	7.5%, length: <0.04-0.88
sorting	bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt
	Inclusions
quartz	infrequent, well rounded, subangular - angular, spherical - subspherical, subelongate, elongate, grey, white, clear, 0.08-0.88
mica	frequent, spherical, angular, elongate, dark, <0.04-0.14
calciumcarbonate	riddled with, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, <0.04-0.12
carbonate pseudomorphoses	riddled with, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, 0.04-0.56
reddish inclusions	singular, subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, 0.04-0.16
black inclusions	singular, subspherical, elongate, black, 0.32-0.6
more inclusions2	singular, very elongate, redbrown-black, 0.8

vessel form type	Amphora MGS III
fragmentation	rim
dimensions	diameter: 13cm (rim)
chronology of object	Greek-Hellenistic 350-290 B.C.E.
publication	Bechtold 2013c, fig. 8,5.
drawing
	Context Data
site of discovery	Pantelleria Acropolis Survey
registration code of context	PN 04 ACR RIC UT 84.1
registration code of object	PN 04 ACR RIC UT 84.1-6

sample taken	2009, by Babette Bechtold, Institute of Classical Archaeology, University of Tübingen
sample no	M 119/234

Cite this page as: FACEM - http://facem.at/m-119-234

Distribution of fabric type
“CAL-A-6”

Sybaris Ischia Sybaris Buthrotum Buthrotum Pantelleria Pantelleria Pantelleria Pantelleria Pantelleria

production sampling

Representative sample for
“CAL-A-6”

M 45/1

There are 12 more samples assigned to fabric type
“CAL-A-6”.

Amphorae Production in Calabria: Our knowledge of the Greek amphorae production in Calabria is still very limited as until now only one single pottery workshop has been explored extensively at the site of Lokroi/Locri on the Ionian coast ...?

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.)

Anfore dall'entroterra agrigentino. Due casi a confronto: Con questo contributo si desidera presentare le anfore provenienti da due contesti che ricadono nel territorio del comune di Casteltermini, ubicato nell?entroterra siciliano a circa 30 km a NE dall?antica colonia di Akragas. Da un punto di vista topografico l?area presenta altopiani, ancora oggi sfruttati per uso agricolo, bordati da alture, tre le quali emerge Pizzo Santa Croce avente un?altezza di 782m s.l.m.

Inclusions

Context Data