CdE-A-2

CdE-A-2, M 179/89, 25x

CdE-A-2, M 179/89, 16x

CdE-A-2, M 179/89, 8x

object data

fabric description

archaeometry

sample no	M 179/89
fabric type	CdE-A-2
supposed site of production	Circulo del Estrecho
sample taken	May 2013, by Babette Bechtold, Soprintendenza Beni Culturali e Ambientali di Palermo
	Context Data
site of discovery	Himera Necropoli Lo Monaco
interpretation of context	funerary
registration code of context	Necropoli Lo Monaco, L302
registration code of object	L302
chronology of context	500-409 BCE
	Object
ware	Transport Amphorae
object form	Amphora
object type	SG-11.2.1.0
chronology of object	Punic-Middle Punic 500-409 BC
fragmentation	base
publication	Bechtold and Vassallo 2018, 148, cat. 255.

	Visual Examination of Fresh Break
visual examination of fresh break	colour light red and pale brown, texture middle fine, frequent small and few large inclusions: grey, white, red, voids
colour of fresh break	pink 7.5 YR 7/4, core light red 2.5 YR 6/8
texture of fresh break	granular
hardness	hard
	Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope (all lengths in mm)
porosity	7.5%; void form: vughy, chambers; void length: 0.04-2.0
inclusions	17.5%, length: <0.04-0.7
sorting	bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt
	Inclusions (all lengths in mm)
black inclusions	frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.44
calciumcarbonate	frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-0.2
foraminifera	infrequent, very spherical, subspherical, subelongate, white, 0.12-0.4
mica	infrequent, spherical, white, <0.04
quartz	very frequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, grey, white, clear, 0.04-0.7
reddish inclusions	frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.5

applied method for sample analysis	thin section, chemical analysis
analysis author	Giuseppe Montana
publication (of analysis)	Montana and Randazzo 2018, 70, tab. 4; Montana et al. 2006, imp. II.

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Distribution of fabric type
“CdE-A-2”

Velia / Elea Pantelleria Himera Himera Himera

production discovery

Representative sample for
“CdE-A-2”

M 6/85

There are 4 more samples assigned to fabric type
“CdE-A-2”.

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Context Data

Object

Visual Examination of Fresh Break

Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope (all lengths in mm)

Inclusions (all lengths in mm)

Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)

Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)