FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 187/122 |
| 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 |
Inv. 3063 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| object form |
Amphora |
| object type |
Western Greek, "a tesa piana" |
| chronology of object |
Greek second half 4th c. BC |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| dimensions |
diameter: 10cm (rim) |
| surface description |
slipped Pink 7.5 YR 7/3 |
| drawing |
|
| publication |
Corretti and Capelli 2003, 304, cat. 64, pl. LIX |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
Light red clay, very fine and depurated, with some white visible inclusions of very small size |
| colour of fresh break |
2.5 YR 6/8 |
| texture of fresh break |
fine |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0.04-0.67 |
| inclusions |
length: 0.04-08-0.48 |
| sorting |
well sorted silt |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, rounded/subrounded, very spherical; subspherical, white, 0.04-08-0.48 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
infrequent, well rounded; rounded; subangular, spherical, white/yellowish, 0.04-0.40 |
|
mica |
frequent |
|
more inclusions2 |
rare, subangular, spherical, light orange, 0.12 |
|
quartz |
frequent, well rounded; rounded, subspherical; very spherical, greyish/transparent, 0.12-16-0.48 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section |
| analysis author |
Montana/Randazzo |
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