| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
| fabric type |
AKR-C-1
|
| ware |
Coarse Wares |
| supposed site of production |
Agrigento |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
reddish-pinkish clay with sporadic visible inclusions of whitish and reddish colour |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
7.5 YR 7/6 (edge); 7.5 YR 8/4 (heart) |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
fine |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0.08-0.52 |
| inclusions |
length: 0.04-0.71 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
infrequent, subrounded, subspherical, Greyidh/whitish/transparent, 0.04-0.12 |
|
mica |
infrequent |
|
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, well rounded; rounded, subspherical; very spherical, white, 0.08-0.28 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
frequent, subrounded, very spherical; spherical, white/yellowish, 0.04-0.20-24 |
|
black iron oxide concretions |
singular, subangular, elongate, black, 0.36 |
|
red iron oxide concretions |
infrequent, subrounded; subangular, elongate; subspherical; subelongate, dark red, 0.08-0.20; 0.79 (singular) |
|
black inclusions |
singular, well rounded, spherical, black, 0.04-0.08 |
|
more inclusions2 |
frequent, rounded, very spherical, orange, 0.08-12 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
| vessel form type |
Hydria |
| fragmentation |
rim, neck |
| dimensions |
diameter: 16cm (rim); height: 9cm |
| surface description |
pale brown 2.5 Y 8/2 |
| chronology of object |
Greek
4th c. BC |
| drawing |
 |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Agrigento
Area a Sud del Tempio di Zeus |
| registration code of context |
AG13/337 |
| registration code of object |
AG/337/5 |
| chronology of context |
late 5th- 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 209/6 |
| status of sample |
whole sample available |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
| sample number |
M 209/6 |
| inventory number |
AG/337/5 |
| 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, Muscovite |
| rare |
Orthoclase, Plagioclase, Accessory & Heavy Minerals (Glauconite, Iron oxides) |
| |
Newly Formed Phases
|
| prevalent |
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 |
medium (10-30%) |
| orientation |
none |
| prevalent |
small (0.01-0.1mm), medium (0.1-1mm), 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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