FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 199/8 |
| fabric type |
BD-ARS-2
|
| supposed site of production |
Bordj el Djerbi |
| sample taken |
by Carina Hasenzagl |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Bordj el Djerbi |
| interpretation of context |
production |
| registration code of context |
surveyed in 1968 |
| registration code of object |
BD-40 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
African Red Slip Ware |
| object form |
Dish |
| object type |
Hayes 58B (Hayes 1972) |
| chronology of object |
Roman-Late Antiquity c. 320–375 CE |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| dimensions |
diameter: 30cm (rim) |
| surface description |
slipped |
| drawing |
|
| publication |
Hasenzagl 2019, cat. Bd.002, pl. 1 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
granular texture with some medium-sized white and reddish particles |
| colour of fresh break |
5YR 5/6 |
| texture of fresh break |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
10–15%; void form: channel;vughy; void length: 0.025-0.375 |
| inclusions |
30–35%, length: 0.025-1 |
| sorting |
moderately sorted sand |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
black inclusions |
singular, subrounded, subspherical, black, 0.025-0.25 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, white;yellowish white, 0.025-0.25 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, yellowish white;white, 0.025-0.25 |
|
mica |
infrequent, subangular, elongate;subspherical, silver, 0.025-0.125 |
|
more inclusions |
singular, subangular;subrounded, subspherical, beige;clayey, 1 |
|
quartz |
very frequent, subrounded;rounded, subelongate;subspherical;spherical, clear;gray;white, 0.025-0.75 |
|
reddish inclusions |
frequent, subangular;subrounded, subelongate;subspherical, reddish brown;rust coloured, 0.025-0.5 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
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