| | 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 |
Brown-reddish clay, hard but slightly flaky to the touch. Very fine and depurated with few visible inclusions |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
5 YR 6/6 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
fine |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
void form: channel; chamber (rare); void length: 0.16-20-1.19 (channel lenght) |
inclusions |
length: 0.04-0.67 |
sorting |
poorly sorted silt |
|
Inclusions
|
quartz |
frequent, subangular, subspherical, whitish/greyish/transparent, 0.08-0.24 |
mica |
frequent |
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, rounded; well rounded, very spherical, white, 0.04-08-0.20 |
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
infrequent, rounded; subangular, elongate; very spherical, whitish/yellowish, 0.04-08-0.67 |
reddish inclusions |
sporadic, subangular; subrounded, very spherical, red, 0.04-0.08 |
grey inclusions |
rare, grey, 0.04 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
vessel form type |
Amphora Western Greek, Gassner rim 3 |
fragmentation |
rim, peg |
dimensions |
diameter: 10.8cm (rim), 4.2 (peg)cm (bottom) |
surface description |
slipped very pale brown 10 YR 8/3 |
chronology of object |
Greek-Archaic 520-500 BC |
publication |
Bechtold 2020, fig. 3,2 |
drawing |
|
|
Context Data
|
site of discovery |
Himera Necropoli Ovest |
registration code of context |
W5377 |
registration code of object |
W5377-HA18930 |
| | 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 179/232 |
status of sample |
whole sample available |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
sample number |
M 179/232 |
inventory number |
W5377 HA18930 |
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)
rare:
medium (0.2-0.5mm), coarse (0.5-2mm)
|
roundness |
angular |
sorting |
scarce-serial |
maximum grain size |
0.8 |
|
Mineral Inclusions
|
prevalent |
Monocrystalline Quartz |
common |
Polycrystalline Quartz |
sporadic |
Orthoclase |
rare |
Plagioclase, Muscovite, Accessory & Heavy Minerals (Glauconite, Iron oxides) |
|
Rock Fragments
|
rare |
Magmatic (plutonic) (Granitoid), Sedimentary (Sandstone) |
|
Newly Formed Phases
|
sporadic |
secondary calcite |
|
Other Compositional & Textural Features
|
common |
Micritic Clots |
sporadic |
Microfossils |
quartz grain prevailing roundness |
angular |
|
Coating / Slipping
|
thickness |
|
conservation status |
|
|
Texture
|
homogenity |
moderately homogeneous patchy: sporadic |
optical activity |
inactive |
color |
brownish |
degree of sintering |
well sintered |
|
Porosity
|
abundance of voids/pores |
medium (10-30%) |
orientation |
partial |
frequent |
small (0.01-0.1mm), medium (0.1-1mm), irregular, cast |
sporadic |
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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