AKR-C-2

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	AKR-C-2
ware	Coarse Wares
supposed site of production	Agrigento
certainty of arguments	archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break	Beige-pinkish clay, compact, with a good amount of visible inclusions of yellowish colour and small-medium size
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	7.5 YR 7/4
texture of freshly broken surface	granular
hardness	hard
porosity	void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0.04-0.52 (channel lenght)
inclusions	length: 0.03-04-0.79
sorting	unsorted
	Inclusions
mica	frequent, shiny
calciumcarbonate	frequent, well rounded; subrounded, subelongate; subspherical; spherical, white, 0.08-0.79
carbonate pseudomorphoses	very frequent, well rounded; subrounded, very spherical; spherical, white/yellowish, 0.03-04-0.20-24
red iron oxide concretions	sporadic, subrounded, very spherical; subelongate, dark red, 0.04-0.16-20

vessel form type	Spacer
fragmentation	base
dimensions	diameter: 12cm (bottom); height: 5cm
surface description	pale brown 2.5 Y 8/2
chronology of object	Greek-Archaic-Late Archaic late 6th-early 5th c. BC
publication	Baldoni et al. 2019, 112, fig. 9,3
	Context Data
site of discovery	Agrigento Quartiere artigianale Porta V
registration code of context	QAV 19.16
registration code of object	QAV 19.16.70
chronology of context	late 6th-early 5th c. BC

sample taken	Octobre 2019, by Babette Bechtold, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University
sample no	M 258/1
status of sample	whole sample available

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Distribution of fabric type
“AKR-C-2”

Agrigento Agrigento Agrigento Agrigento Agrigento Agrigento

production sampling

Representative sample for
“AKR-C-2”

M 209/9

There are 2 more samples assigned to fabric type
“AKR-C-2”.

First observations on western Greek amphorae produced at Akragas: Introduction The colony of Akragas has been founded by nearby Gela ca. 580 B.C.E. in the central part of Sicily?s southern coast, most probably with the additional support of people from Rhodes and Crete. Agrigento counts among the not very numerous western Greek cities expressively mentioned by several ancient authors because of their notable wine yards.

Fabrics of Akragas: Introduction Starting from the petrographical and chemical analysis of 21 samples of western Greek amphorae, 17 samples of coarse wares and ceramic building materials and seven samples of raw materials, four local ceramic fabrics have been identified: one of transport amphorae (AKR-A-1), two of coarse wares (AKR-C-1 and AKR-C-2) and one of ceramic building materials (AKR-CBM-1).

Un'officina per la produzione ceramica ad Agrigento: prime anticipazioni sui dati di scavo e analisi dei materiali dal Quartiere fuori Porta V (QAV): Nel quadro delle ricerche avviate negli ultimi anni ad Agrigento dall?Università di Bologna in collaborazione con il Parco Archeologico e Paesaggistico Valle dei Templi, è stato promosso un progetto sulle produzioni artigianali: la ricerca, condotta in una prospettiva diacronica che abbraccia l?intera vita del centro - dalla fondazione della polis greca fino all?età tardoantica - si è concentrata su ogni aspetto dell?attività artigianale?

Inclusions

Context Data