| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
| fabric type |
HIM-A-1
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
Himera |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
Light brown colour with visible and diffuse inclusions of white colour and one red, of small and medium size |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
7.5 YR 6/4 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
void form: vughy; void length: 0.04-0.44 |
| inclusions |
length: 0.04-08-0.48 |
| sorting |
poorly-sorted silt/bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, rounded; subrounded; well rounded, very spherical; subspherical; very sherical, whitish/yellowish, 0.08-0,32 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
frequent, rounded; subangular; angular, very spherical; spherical; subelongate, yellow-whitish, 0,04-0,48 |
|
black iron oxide concretions |
singular (iron?), angular, spherical, red-blackish, /-/ |
|
reddish inclusions |
sporadic, well rounded; rounded; angular, spherical, reddish (dark or orangish), 0,08-0,48 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
| vessel form type |
Amphora
Western Greek, Gassner rim 2 |
| fragmentation |
rim, neck, peg |
| dimensions |
diameter: 13.4cm (rim), 5.5 (peg)cm (bottom) |
| surface description |
slipped
thick whitish slip 7.5 YR 8/1 |
| chronology of object |
Greek-Archaic
540-520 BC |
| publication |
Montana et al. 2020, fig. 2,C |
| drawing |
 |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Himera
Necropoli Est |
| registration code of context |
RO1352 |
| registration code of object |
RO1352 - HA7715 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section, chemical analysis |
| analysis author |
Montana/Randazzo |
| sample taken |
February 2018, by Babette Bechtold, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| sample no |
M 179/150 |
| status of sample |
whole sample available |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
| sample number |
M 179/150 |
| inventory number |
RO1352 HA7715 |
| analysis author |
Giuseppe Montana - Luciana Randazzo |
| email |
Giuseppe Montana - Luciana Randazzo |
| institution |
University of Palermo - Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare (DiSTeM); University of Calabria Dipartimento di Biologia, Ecologia e Scienze della Terra (DiBEST):
|
| |
Inclusions Microstructure
|
| distribution |
moderately homogeneous |
| packing |
low (3-10%) |
| size |
common:
very fine (0.04-0.1mm), fine (0.1-0.2mm)
rare:
medium (0.2-0.5mm)
|
| roundness |
angular |
| sorting |
scarce-serial |
| maximum grain size |
0.3 |
| |
Mineral Inclusions
|
| prevalent |
Monocrystalline Quartz |
| common |
Polycrystalline Quartz, Muscovite |
| sporadic |
Orthoclase, Plagioclase |
| rare |
Accessory & Heavy Minerals (Glauconite, Iron oxides) |
| |
Rock Fragments
|
| common |
Magmatic (plutonic) (Granitoid), Sedimentary (Sandstone) |
| |
Newly Formed Phases
|
| frequent |
secondary calcite |
| |
Other Compositional & Textural Features
|
| sporadic |
Microfossils, Micritic Clots |
| quartz grain prevailing roundness |
angular |
| |
Coating / Slipping
|
| thickness |
|
| conservation status |
|
| |
Texture
|
| homogenity |
moderately homogeneous patchy: sporadic |
| optical activity |
inactive |
| color |
|
| degree of sintering |
well sintered |
| |
Porosity
|
| abundance of voids/pores |
medium (10-30%) |
| orientation |
partial |
| prevalent |
small (0.01-0.1mm), medium (0.1-1mm), irregular, vesicular |
| |
Composition
|
| clay composition |
ca-rich |
| |
Interpretation
|
| estimated firing temperature |
well fired |
| modelling of raw clay |
use of wheel |
| refinement of raw clay |
acceptable |
| refinement of temper |
sieved natural sand |
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