CAL-A-6

CAL-A-6, M 37/2, 25x

CAL-A-6, M 37/2, 16x

CAL-A-6, M 37/2, 8x

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	CAL-A-6
fabric previously published as	IA 3
ware	Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production	Calabria
visual excamination of fresh break	light yellowish brown, granular; many large white inclusions, some large dark particles
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	10YR6/4
texture of freshly broken surface	granular
hardness	hard
porosity	5%; void form: channel; void length: 0,12
inclusions	15%, length: 0,44-0,8
sorting	unsorted
	Inclusions
quartz	riddled with, angular, subelongate, clear, 0.8
mica	singular
reddish inclusions	infrequent, angular, spherical, 0,44
black inclusions	infrequent, angular, spherical, black

vessel form type	Amphora Western Greek amphora, Gassner's rim 1
fragmentation	fragmentation not specified
surface description	coarse
chronology of object	Greek-Archaic-Late Archaic
publication	Di Sandro 1986, 35 f., sg 82, pl. 7; Gassner 2003, 194, tab. 16
	Context Data
site of discovery	Ischia Scarico Gosetti
registration code of object	Pithekoussai, sg 82

analysis author	Roman Sauer
petrographic mineralogical type	RISA 1
sample taken	July 1995
sample no	M 37/2

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Distribution of fabric type
“CAL-A-6”

Sybaris Ischia Sybaris Buthrotum Buthrotum Pantelleria Pantelleria Pantelleria Pantelleria Pantelleria

production sampling

Representative sample for
“CAL-A-6”

M 45/1

There are 12 more samples assigned to fabric type
“CAL-A-6”.

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Inclusions

Context Data