ION-ADR-A-3

ION-ADR-A-3, M 92/35, 25x

ION-ADR-A-3, M 92/35, 16x

ION-ADR-A-3, M 92/35, 8x

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	ION-ADR-A-3
fabric previously published as	F. 7a/Corfiote I
ware	Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production	Ionic-Adriatic region
certainty of arguments	archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break	colour very pale brown, texture fine and compact, numerous fine inclusions: red, grey, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	very pale brown 10 YR 7/4-8/4
texture of freshly broken surface	regular
hardness	hard
porosity	1.0%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.06-0.32
inclusions	15%, length: <0.04-0.4
sorting	unsorted
	Inclusions
quartz	very frequent, well rounded - subangular, very spherical - subspherical, grey, white, reddish, yellowish, 0.04-1.0
mica	infrequent, spherical, angular, elongate, white, dark, <0.04-0.04
calciumcarbonate	infrequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, 0.04-0.12
reddish inclusions	riddled with, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, <0.04-0.24
black inclusions	frequent, subspherical, elongate, subelongate, black, 0.04-0.36
foraminifera	frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical, white, yellowish, brownish, 0.12-0.4

vessel form type	Amphora Gassner Fuß 1
fragmentation	base
chronology of object	Greek-Classic 500-400 B.C.E.
publication	Bechtold 2008b, 97, cat. 36, fig. 21; Bechtold 2013c, fig. 14,4.
drawing
	Context Data
site of discovery	Carthage Bir Messaouda, Amsterdam Excavation
registration code of context	BM 00/1000
registration code of object	BM00/11490
chronology of context	surface find

sample taken	2006, by Babette Bechtold, Department of Archaeology, University of Amsterdam/INP Tunis
sample no	M 92/35

Cite this page as: FACEM - http://facem.at/m-92-35

Distribution of fabric type
“ION-ADR-A-3”

Buthrotum Buthrotum Buthrotum Buthrotum Buthrotum Buthrotum Carthage Carthage Carthage Carthage Pantelleria

production sampling

Representative sample for
“ION-ADR-A-3”

M 79/51

There are 10 more samples assigned to fabric type
“ION-ADR-A-3”.

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Inclusions

Context Data