FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 187/118 |
| fabric type |
ENT-A-1
|
| supposed site of production |
Entella |
| sample taken |
February 2019, by Alessandro Corretti, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Entella SAS 3 |
| registration code of context |
E91-3023 |
| registration code of object |
Campione 81 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| object form |
Amphora |
| object type |
Western Greek, 'ad echino Gassner rim 8 |
| chronology of object |
Greek 4th c. BC |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| dimensions |
diameter: 12.4cm (rim); height: 8cm |
| surface description |
slipped traces of thick whitish slip inside/outside 2.5 Y 8/1 |
| drawing |
|
| publication |
Corretti and Capelli 2003, 294, cat. 21, pl. LIV |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
Light brown clay, fine and depurated with some visible inclusions of white colour and of small-medium size |
| colour of fresh break |
5 YR 5/6; 5 YR 5/1 (core) |
| texture of fresh break |
fine |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
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| porosity |
void form: vughy; vescicular (sporadic); void length: 0.04-0.79 |
| inclusions |
length: 0.04-0.32; 1.19 (big agglomerate) |
| sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
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Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
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|
calciumcarbonate |
sporadic, well rounded, spherical, white, 0.08-0.32 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
frequent, well rounded, very spherical, white/yellowish, 0.04-0.24 |
|
mica |
sporadic, shiny |
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quartz |
infrequent, subangular, spherical; subspherical, greyish/transparent, 0.08-0.32 |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, subangular; rounded, very soherical; spherical, light red/orangish, 0.04-08-0.20 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section |
| analysis author |
Montana/Randazzo |
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