FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 187/50 |
| 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 Survey |
| registration code of context |
UT 161 |
| registration code of object |
Inv. 2502 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| object form |
Amphora |
| object type |
Western Greek, MGS II |
| chronology of object |
Greek 4th c. BC |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| dimensions |
diameter: 13.5cm (rim) |
| surface description |
slipped traces of thick whitish slip inside/outside 2.5 Y 8/1 |
| drawing |
|
| publication |
Corretti and Michelini 2020, 5, 9, cat. 6. |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
Brown-reddish clay, very fine with rare, small, visible inclusions of whitish-yellowish colour |
| colour of fresh break |
5 YR 6/6 |
| texture of fresh break |
fine |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
void form: channel (sporadic);vughy; void length: 0.02-04-0.48; 1.00 (singular) |
| inclusions |
length: 0.03-0.60 |
| sorting |
poorly sorted silt |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
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|
black iron oxide concretions |
sporadic, rounded, spherical, black/greyish, 0.04-0.16 |
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calciumcarbonate |
infrequent/frequent, subrounded;rounded, subspherical;spherical, whitish/yellowish, 0.04-0.20-40 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
rare, subrounded, subspherical, whitish/yellowish, 0.20 |
|
mica |
frequent, very angular;angular, subelongate;very spherical, shiny, 0.02-0.08 |
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quartz |
infrequent/frequent, angular;subrounded, subspherical;spherical, whitish/greyish/transparent, 0.08-0.60 |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, subrounded, subelongate;subspherical, red, 0.08-16 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
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