CdE-A-5

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

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

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

object data

fabric description

archaeometry

sample no	M 92/32
fabric type	CdE-A-5
supposed site of production	Circulo del Estrecho
sample taken	July 2006, by Babette Bechtold, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History of Europe, Ghent University / INP Tunis
	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
	Object
ware	Transport Amphorae
object form	Amphora
object type	Ramon T-11.2.1.3
chronology of object	Punic-Middle Punic 430-400 B.C.E.
fragmentation	rim
dimensions	diameter: 11.6cm (rim)
drawing
publication	Bechtold 2008b, 84, cat. 16, pl. 1,3, fig. 19.

object data

fabric description

archaeometry

	Visual Examination of Fresh Break
visual examination 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 fresh break	light reddish brown 2.5 YR 6/4, core and interior area reddish brown 5 YR 5/3
texture of fresh break	granular
hardness	hard
	Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope (all lengths in mm)
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 (all lengths in mm)
black inclusions	frequent, rounded - subrounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, grey, <0.04-1.0
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
foraminifera	infrequent, well rounded, rounded, very spherical subspherical, elongate, white, 0.04-0.3
mica	infrequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.04
quartz	frequent, rounded - subrounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, grey, clear, white, 0.06-0.8
reddish inclusions	infrequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, <0.04-0.7

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Distribution of fabric type
“CdE-A-5”

Himera Carthage

production discovery

Representative sample for
“CdE-A-5”

M 179/105

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

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Context Data

Object

Visual Examination of Fresh Break

Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope (all lengths in mm)

Inclusions (all lengths in mm)

Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)

Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)