| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
| fabric type |
AKR-C-1
|
| ware |
Coarse Wares |
| supposed site of production |
Agrigento |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeometric: quite certain, archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
Clay of pale brown colour, with visible and white-yellowish inclutions in frequent quantity and of very small or medium size |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
10 YR 6/3; 5 Y 6/6 (core) |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
void form: vughy; chamber; void length: 0.12-16-0.67 |
| inclusions |
length: 0.04-08-0.36 |
| sorting |
well sorted silt |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
rare, subangular, very spherical, greyish/transparent, 0.04-0.12 |
|
mica |
sporadic |
|
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, angular; subrounded; rounded, subspherical; very spherical, white, 0.12-16-0.32 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
frequent, angular; subrounded, very spherical; subspherical, white/yellowish, 0.04-0.32-36 |
|
red iron oxide concretions |
sporadic, angular; subrounded, spherical; very spherical, dark red, 0.04-0.28 |
|
black inclusions |
rare, subrounded, subspherical, black, 0.12 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
| vessel form type |
Mortar |
| fragmentation |
rim, body |
| dimensions |
diameter: 34cm (rim); height: 7cm |
| surface description |
pale brown 2.5 Y 8/2 |
| chronology of object |
Greek
from late 6th c. BC onwards |
| drawing |
 |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Agrigento
Area a Sud del Tempio di Zeus |
| registration code of context |
AG13/183 |
| registration code of object |
AG13/183 |
| chronology of context |
late 5th-4th c. BC |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section |
| analysis author |
Montana/Randazzo |
| sample taken |
May 2018, by Babette Bechtold, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| sample no |
M 209/4 |
| status of sample |
whole sample available |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
| sample number |
M 209/4 |
| inventory number |
AG13/183 |
| 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 |
0.4 |
| |
Mineral Inclusions
|
| prevalent |
Monocrystalline Quartz |
| sporadic |
Polycrystalline Quartz, Orthoclase |
| rare |
Plagioclase, Muscovite, Accessory & Heavy Minerals (Glauconite) |
| |
Newly Formed Phases
|
| frequent |
secondary calcite |
| |
Other Compositional & Textural Features
|
| prevalent |
Microfossils (Planktonic Foraminifera), 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), 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 |
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