W-CENT-SARD-A-3

W-CENT-SARD-A-3, M 154/62, 25x

W-CENT-SARD-A-3, M 154/62, 16x

W-CENT-SARD-A-3, M 154/62, 8x

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	W-CENT-SARD-A-3
ware	Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production	West Central Sardinia
certainty of arguments	archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break	colour reddish brown, texture coarse, numerous fine to large inclusions: white, red, mica, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	yellowish brown 5 YR 5/6
texture of freshly broken surface	granular
hardness	hard
porosity	7.5%; void form: vughy (0.04-0.6), channel (0.08-1.2); void length: 0.04-1.2
inclusions	25%, length: <0.04-2.4
sorting	moderately sorted sand
	Inclusions
quartz	riddled with, well rounded, subangular - angular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, clear, white, grey, red, 0.08-2,4
mica	infrequent, angular, white, dark, 0.04-0.12
calciumcarbonate	infrequent, subangular - angular, subspherical, white, <0.04-0.2
reddish inclusions	frequent, well rounded, subangular - angular, very spherical, elongate, red, reddish brown, 0.04-1.6
black inclusions	infrequent, well rounded, very spherical, elongate, black, 0.08-0.2

vessel form type	Amphora Ramon T-4.1.1.4/5.2.2.1
fragmentation	rim
dimensions	diameter: 15.6cm (rim)
chronology of object	Punic-Late Punic 310-250 B.C.E.
publication	Bechtold 2013b, 18, fig. 4,5; Bechtold 2013c, fig. 28, 4 pl. 4, 7.
drawing
	Context Data
site of discovery	Selinunte / Selinus Temple B
registration code of context	TB, H, US 1
registration code of object	TB, H, US 1, P09.247

sample taken	2011, by Babette Bechtold, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
sample no	M 154/62

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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