| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
fabric type |
HIM-A-2
|
ware |
Transport Amphorae |
supposed site of production |
Himera |
certainty of arguments |
archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain |
visual excamination of fresh break |
Reddish-pinkish clay very fine and depurated with no visible inclusions exept for some rare cases of very small and whitish inclusions |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
5 YR 6/6 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
fine |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0.04-1.00-1.59 (channel lenght max) |
inclusions |
length: 0.04-0.16 |
sorting |
well sorted silt |
|
Inclusions
|
mica |
infrequent, very small size |
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, rounded; subangular, very spherical, whtiish, 0,04-0,16 |
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
infrequent, well rounded; rounded, spherical, white-yellowish, 0,04-0,16 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
vessel form type |
Amphora Western Greek, Gassner rim 7 |
fragmentation |
rim |
dimensions |
diameter: 13.6cm (rim); height: 7cm |
surface description |
slipped whitish slip 7.5 YR 8/1 only externerly |
chronology of object |
Greek-Classic 420-409 BC |
publication |
Bechtold et al. 2019, 9, fig. 6,1; Bechtold 2020, fig. 2,4; Montana et al. 2020, fig. 3,C-D |
drawing |
|
|
Context Data
|
site of discovery |
Himera Necropoli Ovest |
registration code of context |
W4431 |
registration code of object |
W4431- HA17014 |
| | 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 179/230 |
status of sample |
whole sample available |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
sample number |
M 179/230 |
inventory number |
transport amphora |
analysis author |
Giuseppe Montana - Luciana Randazzo |
email |
giuseppe.montana@unipa.it; luciana.randazzo@unical.it |
institution |
giuseppe.montana@unipa.it; luciana.randazzo@unical.it:
|
|
Inclusions Microstructure
|
distribution |
homogeneous |
packing |
low (3-10%) |
size |
prevalent:
very fine (0.04-0.1mm)
common:
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 |
rare |
Plagioclase |
|
Newly Formed Phases
|
sporadic |
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 |
low (<10%) |
orientation |
partial |
prevalent |
tiny (<0.01mm), small (0.01-0.1mm), irregular, vesicular, cast |
sporadic |
medium (0.1-1mm) |
|
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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