ION-ADR-A-6

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	ION-ADR-A-6
ware	Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production	Ionic-Adriatic region
certainty of arguments	archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break	colour light red and very pale brown, texture fine and compact, fine inclusions: red, white, pale brown, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	exterior reddish yellow 7.5 YR 7/6, interior and core light red 2.5 YR 6/8
texture of freshly broken surface	regular
hardness	hard
porosity	5.0%; void form: vughy (0.08-1.06), channel (0.12-1.7); void length: 0.08-1.7
inclusions	10%, length: <0.04-1.0
sorting	bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt
	Inclusions
quartz	frequent, well rounded - angular, spherical, elongate, clear, grey, reddish, 0.04-0.2
mica	frequent, angular, spherical, white, dark, <0.04-0.08
calciumcarbonate	singular, well rounded - subrounded, subangular, subspherical, subelongate, white, 0.04-0.44
carbonate pseudomorphoses	singular, spherical, yellowish white, 0.6
reddish inclusions	riddled with, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - very elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.6
black inclusions	infrequent, rounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.2
more inclusions2	infrequent, subrounded, subangular, very spherical, black and reddish brown, 0.12-0.68
more inclusions3	singular, spherical-subspherical, light brown, 0.96-1.0

vessel form type	Amphora Gassner 5
fragmentation	rim
dimensions	diameter: 15cm (rim)
chronology of object	Greek-Classic 420-350 B.C.E.
publication	Bechtold 2013c, fig. 15,1.
drawing
	Context Data
site of discovery	Jerba Ghizène
registration code of context	GH 110234
registration code of object	GH 110234.2748
chronology of context	1st century C.E.

sample taken	2011, by Sami Ben Tahar, INP Jerba
sample no	M 149/52

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Distribution of fabric type
“ION-ADR-A-6”

Buthrotum Buthrotum Carthage Jerba Jerba Selinunte / Selinus

production sampling

Representative sample for
“ION-ADR-A-6”

M 79/46

There are 5 more samples assigned to fabric type
“ION-ADR-A-6”.

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Inclusions

Context Data