| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
| fabric type |
LIL-C-1
|
| ware |
Coarse Wares
Plain Ware |
| supposed site of production |
Lilibeo / Lilybaion |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
colour dark grey, core dark reddish brown, texture middle fine and compact, numerous fine and few large inclusions: white, yellowish white, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
dark reddish grey 10 R 3/1, core weak red 10 R 4/2 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
irregular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
7.5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-0.4, 1x 3.2 (vughy), 0.5 (channel) |
| inclusions |
20%, length: <0.04-0.6 |
| sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
frequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, clear, grey, reddish brown, 0.06-0.2 |
|
mica |
infrequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.04 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
very frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, white, <0.04-0.6 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
very frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, 0.04-0.5 |
|
reddish inclusions |
singular, very spherical - subspherical, red, 0.04-0.2 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
| vessel form type |
juglet Bechtold BR 6A |
| fragmentation |
base – and lower part body |
| dimensions |
diameter: 4.6cm (bottom); height: 13cm |
| chronology of object |
Punic-Late Punic
320-250 B.C.E. |
| publication |
Bechtold and Valente 1990, 43, pl. 2. |
| drawing |
 |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Lilibeo / Lilybaion
Baglio Anselmi 1988 |
| registration code of context |
Saggio D, US 46 |
| registration code of object |
US 46-8, MR 9949 |
| chronology of context |
300-250 B.C.E. |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
| sample taken |
July 2013, by Babette Bechtold, Soprintendenza BB.CC.AA Trapani |
| sample no |
M 186/7 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
| sample number |
M 186/7 |
| inventory number |
Baglio Anselmi, saggio D, US 46-8 |
| 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 |
not homogeneous |
| packing |
medium (10-20%) |
| size |
prevalent:
very fine (0.04-0.1mm), fine (0.1-0.2mm)
frequent:
medium (0.2-0.5mm)
|
| roundness |
sub-angular |
| sorting |
scarce-serial |
| maximum grain size |
0.6 mm |
| |
Mineral Inclusions
|
| prevalent |
Monocrystalline Quartz |
| common |
Polycrystalline Quartz, Orthoclase |
| sporadic |
Plagioclase |
| |
Rock Fragments
|
| common |
Sedimentary (Sandstone) |
| |
Newly Formed Phases
|
| rare |
secondary calcite |
| |
Other Compositional & Textural Features
|
| rare |
Micritic Clots |
| quartz grain prevailing roundness |
sub-angular |
| |
Coating / Slipping
|
| thickness |
|
| conservation status |
|
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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 |
full |
| prevalent |
large (>1mm), cast, channels |
| |
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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