ION-ADR-A-2

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	ION-ADR-A-2
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 brown, texture fine and compact, numerous fine inclusions: red, grey
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	pale yellow 2.5 YR 8/3
texture of freshly broken surface	regular
hardness	hard
porosity	2.5%; void form: vughy (0.04-0.8), channel (0.2-0.8); void length: 0.04-0.8
inclusions	15%, length: <0.04-0.28
sorting	unsorted
	Inclusions
quartz	riddled with, well rounded - angular, very spherical - subspherical, white, grey, 0.04-0.2
mica	infrequent, spherical, angular, elongate, white, <0.04-0.06
carbonate pseudomorphoses	frequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, reddish, reddish brown, 0.08-0.28
reddish inclusions	riddled with, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.08
black inclusions	frequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.12

vessel form type	Amphora Gassner 5
fragmentation	rim
dimensions	diameter: c. 15cm (rim)
chronology of object	Greek-Classic 500-400 B.C.
publication	Bechtold 2008b, 100, cat. 39;, fig. 21; Bechtold 2007d, 692, cat. 5570, fig. 378; Bechtold 2013c, fig. 13,8.
drawing
	Context Data
site of discovery	Carthage Bir Messaouda, Hamburg Excavation
registration code of context	KA 87/44
registration code of object	KA 87/44-2
chronology of context	Roman disturbed

sample taken	2006, by Babette Bechtold, Institut of Classical Archeaology, University of Hamburg
sample no	M 92/46

Cite this page as: FACEM - http://facem.at/m-92-46

Distribution of fabric type
“ION-ADR-A-2”

Buthrotum Velia Velia Velia Buthrotum Buthrotum Carthage Carthage Pantelleria Jerba Jerba Jerba Jerba Jerba Selinunte / Selinus

production sampling

Representative sample for
“ION-ADR-A-2”

M 79/62

There are 14 more samples assigned to fabric type
“ION-ADR-A-2”.

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Inclusions

Context Data