W-CENT-SARD-A-3

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 reddish brown, core light red, texture coarse, numerous fine to large inclusions: grey, white, mica
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	yellowish red 5 YR 5/6, core red 10 R 5/8
texture of freshly broken surface	granular
hardness	hard
porosity	2.5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04-1.4
inclusions	25%, length: <0.04-1.2
sorting	unsorted
	Inclusions
quartz	riddled with, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, grey, white, yellwosih, clear, reddish brown, 0.06-1.2
mica	infrequent, angular, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.08
calciumcarbonate	singular, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, 0.16-0.24
carbonate pseudomorphoses	singular, subspherical, white, 1.0
reddish inclusions	frequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, reddish brown, 0.04-1.2
black inclusions	very frequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate - subelongate, black, 0.04-0.72
more inclusions2	,, ,, ,, ,

vessel form type	Amphora undiagnostic
fragmentation	body
publication	Bechtold (forthcoming 1)
	Context Data
site of discovery	Carthage Bir Messaouda, Uni-Ghent-Excavation
registration code of context	BM 04/4440
registration code of object	BM 04/4440
chronology of context	350-325 B.C.E.

sample taken	2006, by Babette Bechtold, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History of Europe, Ghent University / INP Tunis
sample no	M 92/15

Cite this page as: FACEM - http://facem.at/m-92-15

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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Inclusions

Context Data