| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
fabric type |
AKR-A-1
|
ware |
Transport Amphorae |
supposed site of production |
Agrigento |
certainty of arguments |
archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain |
visual excamination of fresh break |
Clay of pale yellow colour (with pinkish core), very fine and depurated with no visible inclusions |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
2.5 Y 7/3; 5 YR 7/4 (core) |
texture of freshly broken surface |
fine |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
void form: channel; vughy; chamber (rare); void length: 0.08-12-1.00 |
inclusions |
length: 0.04-08-0.79 |
sorting |
well sorted silt |
|
Inclusions
|
quartz |
singular, subangular, subspherical, greyish-transparent, 0.24 |
mica |
infrequent, shiny |
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, subrounded; angular; subrounded, very elongate; spherical; subspherical, white, 0.16-0.79 |
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
very frequent, rounded; well rounded, very spherical, white-yellowish, 0.04-0.40 (rare) |
red iron oxide concretions |
singular, rounded, spherical; subelongate, reddish brown, 0.04-08-0.40 |
reddish inclusions |
singular, rounded; well rounded, very spherical, red/orangish, 0.04-0.16 |
black inclusions |
singular, subrounded, subelongate, black, 0.12 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
vessel form type |
Amphora Western Greek, Gassner rim 7 |
fragmentation |
rim |
dimensions |
diameter: 11.4cm (rim); height: 4cm |
surface description |
slipped pale brown 2.5 Y 8/2 |
chronology of object |
Greek-Hellenistic-Early Hellenistic second half of the 4th c. BC |
drawing |
|
|
Context Data
|
site of discovery |
Agrigento Area a Sud del Tempio di Zeus |
registration code of context |
AG/200 |
registration code of object |
AG/200 |
chronology of context |
Mid-second half 4th c. BC |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
applied method for sample analysis |
thin section, chemical analysis |
analysis author |
Montana/Randazzo |
sample taken |
May 2018, by Babette Bechtold, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
sample no |
M 208/5 |
status of sample |
whole sample available |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
sample number |
M 208/5 |
inventory number |
AG/200 |
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)
common:
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 |
rare |
Orthoclase, Plagioclase, Muscovite, Accessory & Heavy Minerals (Glauconite, Iron oxides) |
|
Newly Formed Phases
|
frequent |
secondary calcite |
|
Other Compositional & Textural Features
|
prevalent |
Micritic Clots |
frequent |
Microfossils |
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 |
frequent |
small (0.01-0.1mm), irregular, rounded, cast |
|
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 |
Cite this page as: FACEM - http://facem.at/m-208-5