FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 94/7 |
| fabric type |
MOT-A-2
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| supposed site of production |
Mozia / Motya |
| fabric previously published as |
CAR-REG-A-3, KTS, Carthage (n. 334) |
| sample taken |
July 2006, by Babette Bechtold, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History of Europe, Ghent University / INP Tunis |
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Context Data
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| site of discovery |
Carthage Bir Messaouda, trench 2 |
| registration code of context |
BM05/2504 |
| registration code of object |
BM05/46336 |
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Object
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| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| object form |
Amphora |
| object type |
Ramón T-4.2.1.5 |
| chronology of object |
Punic 350-280 |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| surface description |
coarse interior and exterior: pink, 7.5YR8/4 |
| drawing |
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| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
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Visual Examination of Fresh Break
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| visual examination of fresh break |
reddish yellow, laminated; many fine to medium-sized white inclusions, some large carbonate-(pseudomorphoses) particles, transparent glittering quartz particles, large channel formed voids |
| colour of fresh break |
5YR6/6 |
| texture of fresh break |
laminated |
| hardness |
hard |
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Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
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| porosity |
15%; void form: channel; void length: 0.05-2 |
| inclusions |
30%, length: 0.15-1 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
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Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
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black iron oxide concretions |
infrequent, subrounded, subelongate, black, 0.2-0.3 |
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carbonate pseudomorphoses |
frequent, well rounded, subspherical;very spherical, white, 0.15-1.5 |
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quartz |
very frequent, angular, spherical, clear, 0.3-1 |
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