| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
fabric type |
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 very pale brown, texture fine and compact, numerous fine inclusions: white, grey, red, voids |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
pink 7.5 YR 7/3 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
irregular |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
2.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.14-0.44 |
inclusions |
5%, length: <0.04-1.0 |
sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
|
Inclusions
|
quartz |
infrequent, rounded, subangular - very angular, spherical - subspherical, elongate, grey, white, clear, 0.06-1.0 |
mica |
infrequent, spherical, white, <0.04 |
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, well rounded - subangular, very spherical - subspherical, white, 0.04-0.8 |
reddish inclusions |
very frequent, well rounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, red, reddish brown, 0.04-0.36 |
foraminifera |
singular, well rounded, very spherical, white, 0.4 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
vessel form type |
Amphora Firgur 8-shaped |
fragmentation |
rim |
dimensions |
diameter: 12cm (rim) |
chronology of object |
Greek-Hellenistic 310-280 B.C.E. |
publication |
Bechtold 2013c, fig. 12,2; Bechtold (forthcoming 3), cat. 308. |
drawing |
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Context Data
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site of discovery |
Selinunte / Selinus Temple B |
registration code of context |
saggio J, US 4, P09.286 |
registration code of object |
saggio J, US 4, P09.286 |
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 154/66 |
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