ION-ADR-A-3

ION-ADR-A-3, M 92/89, 25x

ION-ADR-A-3, M 92/89, 16x

ION-ADR-A-3, M 92/89, 8x

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	ION-ADR-A-3
fabric previously published as	F. 6
ware	Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production	Ionic-Adriatic region
certainty of arguments	archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break	colour greenish white, texture middle fine, fine to large inclusions: red, grey, white, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	white 10 YR 8/2, core light grey 2.5 YR 7/2
texture of freshly broken surface	irregular
hardness	hard
porosity	5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.08-1.76
inclusions	15%, length: <0.04-0.68
sorting	bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt
	Inclusions
quartz	very frequent, well rounded - subangular, very spherical - subspherical, white, grey, 0.04-0.68
mica	infrequent, spherical, angular, white, <0.04
reddish inclusions	very frequent, well rounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.32
black inclusions	frequent, well rounded, angular, very spherical - subspherical, black, 0.04-0.6
foraminifera	singular, well rounded, very spherical, subspherical, reddish, yellowish white, 0.12-0.24

vessel form type	Amphora Gassner 1
fragmentation	rim
dimensions	diameter: 14cm (rim)
chronology of object	Greek-Archaic 550-510 B.C.E.
publication	Bechtold 2008b, 3, fig. 1.1; Bechtold 2013c, fig. 14,2.
drawing
	Context Data
site of discovery	Carthage Bir Messaouda, Gent Excavation
registration code of context	BM 02/1244
registration code of object	BM 02/45216
chronology of context	530-510 B.C.E.?

sample taken	2006, by Babette Bechtold, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History of Europe, Ghent University / INP Tunis
sample no	M 92/89

Cite this page as: FACEM - http://facem.at/m-92-89

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