| | 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, fine and depurated with very few visible inclusions of white-yellowish colour and many visible linear fractures |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
5 YR 6/6 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
fine |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
void form: channel; holes; void length: 0.4-<1.59 |
inclusions |
length: 0.08-0.40-1.00 |
sorting |
poorly sorted silt |
|
Inclusions
|
quartz |
infrequent, subrounded, very spherical; spherical, greyish/transparent, 0.04-08-0.16 |
mica |
frequent, very angular, very spherical; elongate, shiny |
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, rounded; subrounded; subangular, subspherical; very elongate, grayish white, 0.08-1.00 |
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
frequent, subangular; well rounded; subrounded, subspherical; very spherical, whitish, 0.08-0.36 |
black inclusions |
sporadic, subrounded, spherical, black, 0.16 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
vessel form type |
Amphora Western Greek, Gassner rim 3 |
fragmentation |
rim, peg |
dimensions |
diameter: 11.6cm (rim), 4.4 (peg)cm (bottom) |
surface description |
slipped very pale brown 10 YR 8/3 |
chronology of object |
Greek-Classic-Early Classic 480-460 |
publication |
Bechtold 2020, fig. 3,3 |
drawing |
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|
Context Data
|
site of discovery |
Himera Necropoli Ovest |
registration code of context |
W3047 |
registration code of object |
W3047-HA13733 |
| | 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 179/332 |
status of sample |
whole sample available |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
sample number |
M 179/332 |
inventory number |
W3047 HA13733 |
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 |
high (20-30%) |
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, Muscovite |
rare |
Plagioclase, Biotite, Accessory & Heavy Minerals (Glauconite) |
|
Newly Formed Phases
|
common |
secondary calcite |
|
Other Compositional & Textural Features
|
common |
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 |
none |
prevalent |
irregular, rounded, cast |
common |
small (0.01-0.1mm), 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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