| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| fabric type |
CAR-REG-A-1
|
| fabric previously published as |
KTS, Carthage (n. 175) |
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
Carthage region |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
reddish yellow, irregular, some medium-sized white inclusions, sporadic very large gray inclusions, large channel formed voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
5YR6/6 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
irregular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
5%; void form: channel; void length: 0,15-1,8 |
| inclusions |
25% |
| sorting |
moderately sorted sand |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
very frequent, angular, spherical, clear; grey, 0,15-0,6 |
|
black iron oxide concretions |
frequent, angular, spherical; subspherical, black, 0,03-0,6 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| vessel form type |
Amphora |
| fragmentation |
body |
| surface description |
coarse
in- and exterior: light red, 2.5YR |
| publication |
Bechtold (forthcoming 1) |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Carthage
Bir Messaouda, trench 1 |
| registration code of context |
BM00/1108 |
| registration code of object |
BM00/60233 |
| chronology of context |
425-400 (MP II.1) |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| sample taken |
July 2006, by Babette Bechtold, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History of Europe, Ghent University / INP Tunis |
| sample no |
M 94/2 |
| status of sample |
whole sample available |
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