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, texture fine, fine and infrequent large inclusions: red, white, grey, mica, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	reddish yellow 5 YR 6/6
texture of freshly broken surface	regular
hardness	hard
porosity	2.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.04-0.36
inclusions	5.0%, length: 0.04-0.7
sorting	bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt
	Inclusions
quartz	frequent, rounded - angular, spherical, grey, white, 0.04-0.7
mica	frequent, spherical, angular, white, <0.04
calciumcarbonate	frequent, well rounded - angular, very spherical - subspherical, white, 0.04-0.2
carbonate pseudomorphoses	very frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, 0.08-0.28
reddish inclusions	frequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, elongate, red, reddish brown, 0.04-0.36
black inclusions	infrequent, subangular - angular, subspherical, subelongate, elongate, black, dark grey, 0.12-0.4

vessel form type	Amphora undiagnostic
fragmentation	body
chronology of object	undatable
	Context Data
site of discovery	Jerba Ghizène
registration code of context	GH 180170
registration code of object	GH 180170,20

sample taken	2011, by Sami Ben Tahar, INP Jerba
sample no	M 149/58

Cite this page as: FACEM - http://facem.at/m-149-58

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