FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 187/57 |
| fabric type |
ENT-A-1
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| supposed site of production |
Entella |
| sample taken |
February 2019, by Alessandro Corretti, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa |
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Context Data
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| site of discovery |
Entella Survey |
| registration code of context |
UT 051 |
| registration code of object |
Inv. 2501 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| object form |
Amphora |
| object type |
Western Greek, MGS II |
| chronology of object |
Greek second half 5th-4th c. BC |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| dimensions |
height: 4cm |
| surface description |
slipped traces of thick whitish slip inside/outside 2.5 Y 8/1 |
| drawing |
|
| publication |
Corretti and Michelini 2020, 5, 8, cat. 4. |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
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Visual Examination of Fresh Break
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| visual examination of fresh break |
Reddish clay, fine, with sporadic and small visible inclusions of whitish-yellowish colour |
| 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)
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| porosity |
void form: channel;vughy; void length: 0.04-0.60 (channel lenght); 1.19 (singular) |
| inclusions |
length: 0.03-04-0.40-60 |
| sorting |
poorly sorted silt |
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Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
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|
black iron oxide concretions |
sporadic, rounded, elongate;spherical, black/greyish, 0.12 |
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calciumcarbonate |
frequent, subrounded;rounded, subelongate;subspherical;spherical, white/yellowish, 0.04-0.20 |
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mica |
frequent, angular, spherical, shiny, 0.02-0.08 |
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quartz |
frequent, subangular;subrounded;well rounded, subspherical;spherical, whitish/transparent, 0.08-0.48 |
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red iron oxide concretions |
rare, rounded, spherical, dark red, 0.08-0.20 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
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