ION-ADR-A-3

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	ION-ADR-A-3
fabric previously published as	F. 15/Corfiote IV
ware	Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production	Ionic-Adriatic region
certainty of arguments	archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break	colour very pale yellow, texture fine, numerous fine and infrequent large inclusions: grey, red, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	white 2.5 Y 8/2
texture of freshly broken surface	irregular
hardness	hard
porosity	2.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.08-0.92
inclusions	25%, length: <0.04-0.6
sorting	unsorted
	Inclusions
quartz	riddled with, well rounded - angular, spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, grey, yellowish, 0.04-0.6
mica	infrequent, spherical, angular, white, <0.04
carbonate pseudomorphoses	frequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, light brown, reddish, 0.08-0.24
reddish inclusions	very frequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - very elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.28
black inclusions	frequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.56
foraminifera	singular, well rounded, very spherical, reddish, 0.2-0.24

vessel form type	Amphora Dressel 2/4 like
fragmentation	rim – stamped
dimensions	diameter: 12cm (rim)
chronology of object	Roman-Imperial-Early Imperial 30-50 C.E.?
publication	Bechtold 2008b, 101, cat. 41, pl. 5,8; Bechtold 2013c, fig. 14,5.
drawing
	Context Data
site of discovery	Carthage Bir Messaouda, Amsterdam Excavation
registration code of context	BM 00/1000
registration code of object	BM04/11009
chronology of context	surface find

sample taken	2006, by Babette Bechtold, Department of Archaeology, University of Amsterdam/INP Tunis
sample no	M 92/45

Cite this page as: FACEM - http://facem.at/m-92-45

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