| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
| fabric type |
AKR-A-1
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
Agrigento |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeometric: quite certain, archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
Greenish-light grey clay, hard, compact, very fine and depurated with visible voids of small and medium size but no visible inclusions |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
2.5 Y 7/2 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
fine |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
void form: holes; channel (infrequent); void length: 0,02-0.48 (channel lenght) |
| inclusions |
length: 0.02-04-0.36; 1.19 (singular) |
| sorting |
well sorted silt |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
infrequent, subrounded, subspherical, whtiish-transparent, 0.12-0.28 |
|
mica |
rare |
|
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, subrounded, subspherical; spherical, whitish, 0.04-0.12 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
very frequent, subrounded; rounded, subspherical; very spherical; subelongate, white-yellowish, 0.03-04-0.32-36 |
|
black iron oxide concretions |
sporadic, angulare; subangular, very elongate; subspherical, black, 0.12-16-1.19 (lenght) |
|
reddish inclusions |
sporadic, subangular, spherical; subspherical, Dark red to orangish, 0.12-0.36 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
| vessel form type |
Amphora Western Greek, Gassner rim 3 |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| dimensions |
diameter: 12.8cm (rim); height: 6cm |
| surface description |
slipped Pale yellow 2.5 Y 7/4 |
| chronology of object |
Greek-Archaic-Late Archaic late 6th-early 5th c. BC |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Agrigento Quartiere artigianale Porta V |
| registration code of context |
QAV 19.1 |
| registration code of object |
QAV 19.1.62 |
| chronology of context |
late 6th-early 5th c. BC |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section |
| analysis author |
Montana/Randazzo |
| sample taken |
October 2019, by Babette Bechtold, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| sample no |
M 208/44 |
| status of sample |
whole sample available |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
| sample number |
M 208/44 |
| inventory number |
QAV 19.1.62 |
| analysis author |
Giuseppe Montana - Luciana Randazzo |
| email |
giuseppe.montana@unipa.it; luciana.randazzo@unical.it |
| institution |
University of Palermo - Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare (DiSTeM); University of Calabria Dipartimento di Biologia, Ecologia e Scienze della Terra (DiBEST):
|
| |
Inclusions Microstructure
|
| distribution |
moderately homogeneous |
| packing |
medium (10-20%) |
| size |
prevalent:
very fine (0.04-0.1mm)
sporadic:
fine (0.1-0.2mm)
rare:
medium (0.2-0.5mm)
|
| roundness |
angular |
| sorting |
scarce-serial |
| maximum grain size |
0.3 |
| |
Mineral Inclusions
|
| prevalent |
Monocrystalline Quartz |
| sporadic |
Polycrystalline Quartz, Orthoclase |
| rare |
Plagioclase, Muscovite, Accessory & Heavy Minerals (Iron oxides) |
| |
Newly Formed Phases
|
| sporadic |
secondary calcite |
| |
Other Compositional & Textural Features
|
| common |
Microfossils, Micritic Clots |
| quartz grain prevailing roundness |
angular |
| |
Coating / Slipping
|
| thickness |
|
| conservation status |
|
| |
Texture
|
| homogenity |
moderately homogeneous patchy: sporadic |
| optical activity |
inactive |
| color |
|
| degree of sintering |
well sintered |
| |
Porosity
|
| abundance of voids/pores |
low (<10%) |
| orientation |
none |
| prevalent |
small (0.01-0.1mm), medium (0.1-1mm), irregular, rounded, cast |
| rare |
channels |
| |
Composition
|
| clay composition |
ca-rich |
| |
Interpretation
|
| estimated firing temperature |
well fired |
| modelling of raw clay |
use of wheel |
| refinement of raw clay |
acceptable |
| refinement of temper |
sieved natural sand |
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