| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| fabric type |
CAR-REG-C-5
|
| fabric previously published as |
KTS, Carthage (n. 341) |
| ware |
Coarse Wares |
| supposed site of production |
Carthage region |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
pale brown, core: gray, irregular; some fine to medium-sized creamy white inclusions, sporadic large reddish brown particle, mica |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
10YR6/3, core: 10YR6/1 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
irregular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
15%; void form: channel; vughy; void length: 0,04-1,5 |
| inclusions |
10%, length: 0,02-0,75 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
frequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, clear, 0,04-0,5 |
|
mica |
infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,02 |
|
black inclusions |
infrequent, angular, spherical, black, 0,05-0,12 |
|
brown inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, brown, 0,75-1 |
|
white inclusions |
infrequent, well rounded, spherical - elongate, white. light brown rim, 0,15-0,75 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| vessel form type |
Cooking stand; Vegas 85.1 |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| surface description |
coarse
in- and exterior: white, 10YR8/2 (scum) |
| chronology of object |
675-450 |
| publication |
Bechtold (forthcoming 2) |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Carthage
Bir Messaouda, trench 2 |
| registration code of context |
BM05/2503 |
| registration code of object |
BM05/45597 |
| chronology of context |
300-250?? (LP I) |
| | 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 95/15 |
| status of sample |
whole sample available |
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