| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
fabric type |
AKR-A-1
|
ware |
Transport Amphorae |
supposed site of production |
Agrigento |
certainty of arguments |
archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain |
visual excamination of fresh break |
Orange-pinkish and fine clay with ver few visible inclusions of white-yellowish colour: rare of big size and the rest of very small size |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
5 YR 7/8 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
fine |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
void form: channel; vughy; void length: 0.04-0.52 |
inclusions |
length: 0.04-08-<1.59 |
sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
|
Inclusions
|
quartz |
rare, angular, subspherical; spherical, whitish/greyish/transparent, 0.12-0.20 |
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, well rounded; rounded, elongate; very spherical, white/yellowish, 0.08-<1.59 |
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
infrequent, rounded, very spherical; spherical, white/yellowish, 0.04-08-0.24-28 |
reddish inclusions |
rare, subangular, spherical, light red, 0.16 |
more inclusions2 |
sporadic, well rounded; subangular, very spherical; spherical, yellow, 0.16-0.20 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
vessel form type |
Amphora Western Greek, Gassner rim 3 |
fragmentation |
profile |
dimensions |
diameter: 12cm (rim); height: 45cm |
surface description |
slipped very pale brown 10 YR 8/3 |
chronology of object |
Greek-Archaic-Late Archaic 500-480 BC |
drawing |
|
|
Context Data
|
site of discovery |
Himera Necropoli Ovest |
registration code of context |
W4716 |
registration code of object |
W4716-HA17510 |
| | 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 179/168 |
status of sample |
whole sample available |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
sample number |
M 179/168 |
inventory number |
W4716 HA17510 |
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 |
medium (10-20%) |
size |
prevalent:
very fine (0.04-0.1mm)
common:
fine (0.1-0.2mm)
sporadic:
medium (0.2-0.5mm)
rare:
coarse (0.5-2mm)
|
roundness |
angular |
sorting |
scarce-serial |
maximum grain size |
0.6 |
|
Mineral Inclusions
|
prevalent |
Monocrystalline Quartz |
common |
Polycrystalline Quartz |
sporadic |
Muscovite |
rare |
Plagioclase, Biotite, Accessory & Heavy Minerals (Iron oxides) |
|
Rock Fragments
|
sporadic |
Magmatic (plutonic) (Granitoid) |
|
Newly Formed Phases
|
frequent |
secondary calcite |
|
Other Compositional & Textural Features
|
common |
Microfossils (Planktonic Foraminifera), 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 |
irregular |
common |
small (0.01-0.1mm), medium (0.1-1mm) |
rare |
large (>1mm), 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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