| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
| fabric type |
HIM-A-2
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
Himera |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeometric: quite certain, archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
Pinkish-orange clay with light brown core; very fine and depurated with no visible inclusions |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
2.5 YR 6/8 - 5 YR 6/8 (laterals); 7.5 YR 5/4 (heart) |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
fine |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0.04-0.95-1.00 (channel lenght) |
| inclusions |
length: 0.04-1.00 |
| sorting |
well sorted silt |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
sporadic, angular; subrounded, subspherical, Grey-shiny, 0,12-0,20 |
|
mica |
sporadic, angular; subangular, subspherical, shiny, 0,04-0,06 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, subrounded; rounded, subspherical; spherical, white, 0,08-0,16 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
frequent, rounded; subrounded, spherical; subspherical; elongate, white-yellowish, 0,04-08-0,12- 0,40 (rare) |
|
reddish inclusions |
singular, rounded, subspherical, reddish, 0,04-0,06 |
|
black inclusions |
singular, rounded, ovoidal, black, 0,08-/ |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
| vessel form type |
Amphora
Western Greek, Gassner rim 3 |
| fragmentation |
rim, peg |
| dimensions |
diameter: 9.6cm (rim), 3.5 (peg)cm (bottom) |
| surface description |
slipped
pinkish slip 7.5 YR 8/3 |
| chronology of object |
Greek-Archaic-Late Archaic
520-490 BC |
| drawing |
 |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Himera
Necropoli Ovest |
| registration code of context |
W3992 |
| registration code of object |
W3992 - HA16498 |
| chronology of context |
510-490 BC |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section |
| analysis author |
Montana/Randazzo |
| sample taken |
February 2018, by Babette Bechtold, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| sample no |
M 179/161 |
| status of sample |
whole sample available |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
| sample number |
M 179/161 |
| inventory number |
W3992 HA16498 |
| analysis author |
Giuseppe Montana - Luciana Randazzo |
| email |
giuseppe.montana@unipa.it; luciana.randazzo@unical.it |
| 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)
sporadic:
fine (0.1-0.2mm), medium (0.2-0.5mm)
|
| roundness |
angular |
| sorting |
scarce-serial |
| maximum grain size |
0.4 |
| |
Mineral Inclusions
|
| prevalent |
Monocrystalline Quartz |
| common |
Polycrystalline Quartz |
| sporadic |
Muscovite |
| rare |
Plagioclase |
| |
Rock Fragments
|
| sporadic |
Magmatic (plutonic) (Granitoid), Sedimentary (Sandstone) |
| |
Other Compositional & Textural Features
|
| sporadic |
Microfossils, Micritic Clots |
| quartz grain prevailing roundness |
angular |
| |
Coating / Slipping
|
| thickness |
|
| conservation status |
|
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Texture
|
| homogenity |
moderately homogeneous patchy: sporadic |
| optical activity |
inactive |
| color |
|
| degree of sintering |
well sintered |
| |
Porosity
|
| abundance of voids/pores |
medium (10-30%) |
| orientation |
full |
| prevalent |
small (0.01-0.1mm), medium (0.1-1mm), irregular, vesicular, cast |
| |
Composition
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| clay composition |
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| |
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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