| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
fabric type |
CAL-A-1
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fabric previously published as |
ION-ADR - A - 1 |
ware |
Transport Amphorae |
supposed site of production |
Ionic-Adriatic region |
certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
visual excamination of fresh break |
colour pale brown, texture fine and compact, numerous fine inclusions: red, white, grey, mica, voids |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
pink 7.5 YR 7/4 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
irregular |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
2%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.08-0.28 |
inclusions |
7.5%, length: <0.04-1.2 |
sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
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Inclusions
|
quartz |
frequent, rounded - angular, very spherical - subspherical, white, grey, clear, 0.08-0.9 |
mica |
frequent, spherical, angular, <0.04-0.04 |
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, subspherical, white, 0.04-0.2 |
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
singular, subspherical, subelongate, white, 0.24-1.2 |
reddish inclusions |
very frequent, well rounded, very spherical, subelongate, reddish brown, <0.04-0.24 |
black inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, black, 0.08-0.28 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
vessel form type |
Amphora Gassner 2 |
fragmentation |
rim |
dimensions |
diameter: 12cm (rim) |
chronology of object |
Greek-Archaic 520-490 B.C.E. |
publication |
Bechtold 2013c, fig. 11,1. |
drawing |
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Context Data
|
site of discovery |
Selinunte / Selinus Temple B |
registration code of context |
saggio G, US 3, P08.102 |
registration code of object |
saggio G, US 3, P08.102 |
chronology of context |
310-290 B.C.E. |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
sample taken |
2011, by Babette Bechtold, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University |
sample no |
M 154/36 |
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