CdE-A-4

CdE-A-4, M 179/106, 25x

CdE-A-4, M 179/106, 16x

CdE-A-4, M 179/106, 8x

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	CdE-A-4
ware	Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production	Circulo del Estrecho
certainty of arguments	archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break	colour light red and light brown, texture middle fine and compact, numerous small to large inclusions: grey, black, red, white, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	light red 2.5 YR 6/6, interior area light reddish brown 2.5 YR 6/3
texture of freshly broken surface	granular
hardness	hard
porosity	5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-1.6 (vughy), 1.0 (channel)
inclusions	15%, length: <0.04-1.4
sorting	bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt
	Inclusions
quartz	frequent, well rounded - subrounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, grey, clear, white, 0.04-1.0
mica	infrequent, spherical, elongate, white, dark, <0.04-0.04
calciumcarbonate	riddled with, rounded - subrounden, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-0.3
carbonate pseudomorphoses	riddled with, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-1.4
reddish inclusions	infrequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, <0.04-0.6
black inclusions	very frequent, rounded - subrounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, black, <0.04-0.8

vessel form type	Amphora Ramón T-11.2.1.3
fragmentation	base – lower part of body
chronology of object	Punic-Middle Punic 480-409 B.C.E.
drawing
	Context Data
site of discovery	Himera Necropoli W
registration code of context	Necropoli W, W 7214
registration code of object	W 7214

sample taken	May 2013, by Babette Bechtold, Soprintendenza Beni Culturali e Ambientali di Palermo
sample no	M 179/106

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Distribution of fabric type
“CdE-A-4”

Pantelleria Himera

production sampling

Representative sample for
“CdE-A-4”

M 119/128

There are 1 more sample assigned to fabric type
“CdE-A-4”.

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More Fabrics of the 'Circuito del Estrecho' Area: Amphorae from the Region of Málaga/Almería from Southern-central Mediterranean Sites: Introduction The present research was inspired by the identification of an important find group among the approximately 280 Punic amphorae found in the necropolis of Himera in western Sicily. This assemblage is composed of 30 transport containers which formally refer to types produced in the 'Circuito del Estrecho de Gibraltar' area?

Fabrics of Punic Amphorae from the 'Circulo del Estrecho': Punic amphorae of the type Ramon 11.2.1.3. have been observed at Velia. This type is nor? mally attributed to the so?called area of the ?Estrecho de Gibraltar? ...

Inclusions

Context Data