W-CENT-SARD-A-3

W-CENT-SARD-A-3, M 92/10, 25x

W-CENT-SARD-A-3, M 92/10, 16x

W-CENT-SARD-A-3, M 92/10, 8x

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	W-CENT-SARD-A-3
fabric previously published as	F. 1
ware	Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production	West Central Sardinia
certainty of arguments	archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break	colour light reddish brown, texture coarse, numerous fine to large inclusions: white, grey, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	red 2.5 YR 5/6
texture of freshly broken surface	granular
hardness	hard
porosity	7.5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04-1.6
inclusions	25%, length: <0.04-1.08
sorting	unsorted
	Inclusions
quartz	riddled with, well rounded, angular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, grey, pale red, 0.06-1,28
mica	frequent, spherical, elongate, white, dark, <0.04-0.02
calciumcarbonate	frequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, <0.04-0.28
carbonate pseudomorphoses	infrequent, subspherical, subelongate, white, 0.6-1.0
reddish inclusions	frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, angular, reddish brown, 0.04-1.08
black inclusions	frequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, black, <0.04-0.36

vessel form type	Amphora Ramon T-4.1.1.3
fragmentation	rim
dimensions	diameter: 15.8cm (rim)
chronology of object	Punic-Middle Punic 450-350 B.C.E.
publication	Bechtold 2008b, 86 cat. 18 fig. 19 pl. 1,5; Bechtold 2013c fig. 28,2.
drawing
	Context Data
site of discovery	Carthage Bir Messaouda, Uni-Ghent-Excavation
registration code of context	BM 03/2310
registration code of object	BM 03/42513

sample taken	2006, by Roald Docter, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History of Europe, Ghent University / INP Tunis
sample no	M 92/10

Cite this page as: FACEM - http://facem.at/m-92-10

Distribution of fabric type
“W-CENT-SARD-A-3”

Carthage Carthage Carthage Carthage Carthage Malta Pantelleria Pantelleria Pantelleria Pantelleria Pantelleria Pantelleria Pantelleria Pantelleria Pantelleria Selinunte / Selinus Lilibeo / Lilybaion Lilibeo / Lilybaion

production sampling

Representative sample for
“W-CENT-SARD-A-3”

M 148/3

There are 19 more samples assigned to fabric type
“W-CENT-SARD-A-3”.

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Presenze puniche nella valle dell'Eleuterio. Il caso delle anfore di Monte Porcara (Bagheria, PA): Introduzione Questo piccolo contributo rientra nell?insieme di una serie di studi volti a comprendere i rapporti e le interazioni tra il mondo indigeno, la presenza greca e l?elemento punico nell?area del palermitano. Si tratta dunque di una nuova tappa di una ricerca, ancora in itinere, che ha come oggetto lo studio delle dinamiche insediamentali e del popolamento lungo le valli fluviali della Sicilia Occidentale.

Fabrics of Western Central Sardinia: Two fabrics have been defined by the Riu Mannu and Terralba projects on the basis of systematically and intensively collected surface finds (1992?99 and 2003?04). Around 4,000 fragments from a dozen sites...

Western Greek and Sardinian Amphorae from Punic Sites in the Southern Mediterranean: New Evidence from Fabric Analysis for Economic Interaction in the Carthaginian Sphere of Influence (6th-3rd century B.C.E.)

Inclusions

Context Data