W-CENT-SARD-A-3

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	W-CENT-SARD-A-3
fabric previously published as	F. 41
ware	Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production	West Central Sardinia
certainty of arguments	archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break	colour light red and pale brownish red, texture coarse, numerous inclusions: white, grey, red, mica, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	exterior reddish yellow 5 YR 6/6, interior and core yellowisch red 5 YR 5/6
texture of freshly broken surface	granular
hardness	hard
porosity	5%; void form: vughy (0.04-8.4), channel (0.08-1.0); void length: 0.04-8.4
inclusions	25%, length: <0.04-2.4
sorting	moderately sorted sand
	Inclusions
quartz	riddled with, well rounded - subrounded, subangular - very angular, very spherical - subelongate - very elongate, grey, white, reddish, red, clear, 0.04-0,88
mica	frequent, spherical, angular, elongate, white, <0.04-0.06
calciumcarbonate	frequent, rounded - subrounded, angular, very spherical - spherical, elongate - subelongat, white, yellowish, 0.04-2.4
carbonate pseudomorphoses	singular, rounded, spherical, grey, 0.4
reddish inclusions	frequent, well rounded - subrounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate - elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-1.28
black inclusions	frequent, well rounded - subrounded, angular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.24
grey inclusions	singular, subrounded, subspherical - subelongate, grey, yellowish, 1.0-1.2

vessel form type	Amphora Ramon T-1.4.2.1
fragmentation	rim
dimensions	diameter: 10.6cm (rim)
chronology of object	Punic-Early Punic 600-500 B.C.E.
publication	Bechtold 2013a, cat. 46; Bechtold 2013c, fig. 28,1.
drawing
	Context Data
site of discovery	Pantelleria Acropolis survey
registration code of context	PN 03 ACR RIC UT 38.1.
registration code of object	PN 03 ACR RIC UT 38.1-2

sample taken	2009, by Babette Bechtold, Institute of Classical Archaeology, University of Tübingen
sample no	M 119/76

Cite this page as: FACEM - http://facem.at/m-119-76

Distribution of fabric type
“W-CENT-SARD-A-3”

Carthage Carthage Carthage Carthage Carthage Malta Pantelleria Pantelleria Pantelleria Pantelleria Pantelleria Pantelleria Pantelleria Pantelleria Pantelleria Selinunte / Selinus Lilibeo / Lilybaion Lilibeo / Lilybaion

production sampling

Representative sample for
“W-CENT-SARD-A-3”

M 148/3

There are 19 more samples assigned to fabric type
“W-CENT-SARD-A-3”.

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Inclusions

Context Data