CAL-A-6

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	CAL-A-6
ware	Transport Amphorae
visual excamination of fresh break	reddish brown, granular; some fine to mid-sized white and dark inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	2.5YR5/4
texture of freshly broken surface	granular
hardness	hard
porosity	3.5%; void form: channel; void length: 0,12-0,44
inclusions	10%, length: 0,4-1,2
sorting	bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt
	Inclusions
quartz	frequent, rounded, subelongate, white, 0.4-1,2
mica	infrequent
reddish inclusions	infrequent, rounded, subelongate, light red, 0,4-0.8
white inclusions	infrequent, rounded, subelongate, yellowish white, 0,4

vessel form type	Amphora Western Greek amphora, Gassner's rim 2
fragmentation	rim
surface description	coarse
chronology of object	Greek-Archaic-Late Archaic
publication	Gassner 2003, 188, tab. 12; Gassner and Sauer 2008, 369
	Context Data
site of discovery	Sybaris Stombi 1969
registration code of object	St 69/12 360

applied method for sample analysis	thin section and heavy mineral analysis
analysis author	Roman Sauer
petrographic mineralogical type	RSA2h
sample taken	July 1995
sample no	M 45/5

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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