MOT-A-2

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	MOT-A-2
ware	Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production	Mozia / Motya
visual excamination of fresh break	colour red, texture coarse, numerous small to large inclusions: white, grey, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	red 10 R 5/8
texture of freshly broken surface	granular
hardness	hard
porosity	7.5%; void form: channel, vughy; void length: 0.06 (channel), 0.04 (vughy)-3.4 (channel), 1.76 (vughy)
inclusions	20%, length: <0.04-1.05
sorting	bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt
	Inclusions
quartz	frequent, well rounded - rounded, angular - subangular, very spherical - subspherical, clear, grey, 0.08-0.9
mica	infrequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, <0.04-0.06
calciumcarbonate	very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-0.32
carbonate pseudomorphoses	very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellowish white, white, 0.04-1.04
reddish inclusions	singular, rounded, very spherical, reddish brown, 0.04-0.06
black inclusions	singular, rounded, spherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.4

vessel form type	Amphora Toti T 18
fragmentation	rim - handle - body – and upper part of body
dimensions	diameter: 13.4cm (rim)
chronology of object	Punic-Middle Punic 420-397 B.C.E.
drawing
	Context Data
site of discovery	Mozia / Motya Zone M65.25,e (1981)
registration code of context	zone M65.25,e (1981), locus 6507
registration code of object	zone M65.25,e (1981), locus 6507
chronology of context	397 B.C.E.

sample taken	February 2014, by Falsone, Università degli Studi di Palermo
sample no	M 185/18

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Distribution of fabric type
“MOT-A-2”

Mozia / Motya Carthage Pantelleria Himera Himera Himera Himera Mozia / Motya Mozia / Motya Entella Mozia / Motya Mozia / Motya Mozia / Motya Mozia / Motya Mozia / Motya Mozia / Motya Mozia / Motya Mozia / Motya Mozia / Motya

production sampling

Representative sample for
“MOT-A-2”

M 185/17

There are 9 more samples assigned to fabric type
“MOT-A-2”.

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Amphorae Production in Punic Sicily: This contribution intends to summarize the status of research on both the typological evo- lution of the Punic Sicilian amphorae series1 and the archaeometric studies available for the known Punic production centers ...?

Inclusions

Context Data