CdE-A-4

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

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

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

object data

fabric description

archaeometry

sample no	M 179/106
fabric type	CdE-A-4
supposed site of production	Circulo del Estrecho
sample taken	May 2013, by Babette Bechtold, Soprintendenza Beni Culturali e Ambientali di Palermo
	Context Data
site of discovery	Himera Necropoli W
interpretation of context	funerary
registration code of context	Necropoli W, W7214
registration code of object	W7214
chronology of context	480-409 BCE
	Object
ware	Transport Amphorae
object form	Amphora
object type	Ramón T-11.2.1.3
chronology of object	Punic-Middle Punic 480-409 BC
fragmentation	base
drawing
photo
publication	Bechtold and Vassallo 2018, 147, cat. 252.

	Visual Examination of Fresh Break
visual examination 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 fresh break	light red 2.5 YR 6/6, interior area light reddish brown 2.5 YR 6/3
texture of fresh break	granular
hardness	hard
	Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope (all lengths in mm)
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 (all lengths in mm)
black inclusions	very frequent, rounded - subrounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, black, <0.04-0.8
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
mica	infrequent, spherical, elongate, white, dark, <0.04-0.04
quartz	frequent, well rounded - subrounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, grey, clear, white, 0.04-1.0
reddish inclusions	infrequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown;reddish brown, <0.04-0.6

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Distribution of fabric type
“CdE-A-4”

Pantelleria Himera

production discovery

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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Context Data

Object

Visual Examination of Fresh Break

Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope (all lengths in mm)

Inclusions (all lengths in mm)

Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)

Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)