| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
| fabric type |
SOL-A-2
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
Solunto / Solus |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
colour light red and brownish grey, texture coarse, numerous small to large inclusions: yellowish, white, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
pale red 10 R 7/4, gley 1 5/- |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
10%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-1.4 (vughy), 0.2 (channel) |
| inclusions |
25%, length: <0.04-1.2 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, grey, clear, 0.04-0.16 |
|
mica |
frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, dark, <0.04-0.06 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
riddled with, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-1.2 |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, red, <0.04-0.06 |
|
black inclusions |
infrequent, well rounded - sunbrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.1 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
| vessel form type |
Amphora
Ramon T-1.4.5.1 |
| fragmentation |
profile |
| dimensions |
diameter: 10cm (rim) |
| chronology of object |
Punic-Middle Punic
510-480 B.C.E. |
| publication |
Vassallo 1999, 369-70, fig. 19, n. 65. |
| drawing |
 |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Himera
Necropoli E, Royal Himera |
| registration code of context |
RO 851 |
| registration code of object |
RO 851 |
| chronology of context |
510-490 B.C.E. |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section, chemical analysis |
| analysis author |
Giuseppe Montana |
| publication (of analysis) |
Montana et al. 2006. |
| sample taken |
May 2013, by Babette Bechtold, Soprintendenza Beni Culturali e Ambientali di Palermo |
| sample no |
M 179/5 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
| sample number |
M 179/5 |
| inventory number |
Necropolis East, Royal Himera, RO 851 |
| 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 |
homogeneous |
| packing |
medium (10-20%) |
| size |
prevalent:
very fine (0.04-0.1mm), fine (0.1-0.2mm)
|
| roundness |
sub-angular |
| sorting |
good |
| maximum grain size |
0.6 mm |
| |
Mineral Inclusions
|
| prevalent |
Monocrystalline Quartz |
| sporadic |
Polycrystalline Quartz, Orthoclase, Plagioclase, Muscovite |
| |
Rock Fragments
|
| sporadic |
Sedimentary (Sandstone, Chert) |
| |
Newly Formed Phases
|
| common |
secondary calcite |
| |
Other Compositional & Textural Features
|
| quartz grain prevailing roundness |
sub-angular |
| |
Coating / Slipping
|
| thickness |
|
| conservation status |
|
| |
Texture
|
| homogenity |
moderately homogeneous patchy: rare |
| optical activity |
inactive |
| color |
dark-brown |
| degree of sintering |
well sintered |
| |
Porosity
|
| abundance of voids/pores |
low (<10%) |
| orientation |
none |
| prevalent |
medium (0.1-1mm), irregular |
| |
Composition
|
| clay composition |
ca-rich |
| |
Interpretation
|
| estimated firing temperature |
over fired |
| modelling of raw clay |
use of wheel |
| refinement of raw clay |
acceptable |
| refinement of temper |
sieved natural sand |
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