CdE-A-5

CdE-A-5, M 92/32, 25x

CdE-A-5, M 92/32, 16x

CdE-A-5, M 92/32, 8x

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	CdE-A-5
ware	Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production	Circulo del Estrecho
certainty of arguments	archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break	colour light red to light brown, texture middle fine and compact, numerous small tp large inclusions: white, grey, black, brownish, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	light reddish brown 2.5 YR 6/4, core and interior area reddish brown 5 YR 5/3
texture of freshly broken surface	granular
hardness	hard
porosity	5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.05 (channel)-0.8 (vughy) 0.6 (channel)
inclusions	20%, length: <0.04-1.0
sorting	bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt
	Inclusions
quartz	frequent, rounded - subrounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, grey, clear, white, 0.06-0.8
mica	infrequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.04
calciumcarbonate	riddled with, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-1.0
carbonate pseudomorphoses	riddled with, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-0.4
reddish inclusions	infrequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, <0.04-0.7
black inclusions	frequent, rounded - subrounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, grey, <0.04-1.0
foraminifera	infrequent, well rounded, rounded, very spherical subspherical, elongate, white, 0.04-0.3

vessel form type	Amphora Ramon T-11.2.1.3
fragmentation	rim
dimensions	diameter: 11.6cm (rim)
chronology of object	Punic-Middle Punic 430-400 B.C.E.
publication	Bechtold 2008b, 84, cat. 16, pl. 1,3, fig. 19.
drawing
	Context Data
site of discovery	Carthage Bir Messaouda
registration code of context	BM 02/2300
registration code of object	BM 02/2300, BM 02/49034
chronology of context	Surface

sample taken	July 2006, by Babette Bechtold, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History of Europe, Ghent University / INP Tunis
sample no	M 92/32

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Distribution of fabric type
“CdE-A-5”

Himera Carthage

production sampling

Representative sample for
“CdE-A-5”

M 179/105

There are 1 more sample assigned to fabric type
“CdE-A-5”.

Le anfore puniche dello scarico di Grotta Vanella a Segesta: Introduzione:In questo breve contributo vengono presentati i primi risultati di una ricognizione preliminare delle anfore da trasporto puniche dello Scarico di Grotta Vanella a Segesta?

More Fabrics of the 'Circuito del Estrecho' Area: Amphorae from the Region of Málaga/Almería from Southern-central Mediterranean Sites: Introduction The present research was inspired by the identification of an important find group among the approximately 280 Punic amphorae found in the necropolis of Himera in western Sicily. This assemblage is composed of 30 transport containers which formally refer to types produced in the 'Circuito del Estrecho de Gibraltar' area?

Fabrics of Punic Amphorae from the 'Circulo del Estrecho': Punic amphorae of the type Ramon 11.2.1.3. have been observed at Velia. This type is nor? mally attributed to the so?called area of the ?Estrecho de Gibraltar? ...

Inclusions

Context Data