FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 201/7 |
| fabric type |
OU-ARS-2
|
| supposed site of production |
Oudna / Uthina |
| sample taken |
by Carina Hasenzagl |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Oudna / Uthina |
| interpretation of context |
production |
| registration code of context |
surveyed in 1968 |
| registration code of object |
OU-57 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
African Red Slip Ware |
| object form |
Bowl |
| object type |
Hayes 91/Atlante XLIX, 10 (Hayes 1972; Atlante I) |
| chronology of object |
Roman-Late Antiquity end of 6th/early 7th century CE |
| fragmentation |
profile |
| dimensions |
diameter: 17cm (rim), 6.6cm (base); height: 5cm |
| surface description |
slipped |
| drawing |
|
| publication |
Hasenzagl 2019, cat. Ou.009, pl.10 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
fine-grained sherd with a few light and dark inclusions |
| colour of fresh break |
5YR 5/8 |
| texture of fresh break |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.025-0.25 |
| inclusions |
15%, length: 0.025-0.625 |
| sorting |
well-sorted sand in different compositions |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
black inclusions |
infrequent, subrounded, subspherical, black, 0.025-0.5 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0.025-0.625 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0.025-0.5 |
|
mica |
infrequent, subangular, elongate;subspherical, silver, 0.025-0.125 |
|
more inclusions |
infrequent, subangular;subrounded, subelongate;subspherical, clayey, 0.5 |
|
quartz |
frequent, subangular;subrounded, subspherical, clear;gray;white, 0.025-0.125 |
|
reddish inclusions |
frequent, subangular;subrounded, subelongate;subspherical, reddish brown;rust coloured, 0.025-0.625 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
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