| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
fabric type |
CAR-REG-C-2
|
fabric previously published as |
KTS, Carthage (n. 349) |
ware |
Coarse Wares |
supposed site of production |
Carthage region |
certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
visual excamination of fresh break |
brown, irregular; many fine white and dark inclusions |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
7.5YR5/4 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
irregular |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
10%; void form: channel; vughy; void length: 0,04-2 |
inclusions |
15%, length: 0,02-1,2 |
sorting |
unsorted |
|
Inclusions
|
quartz |
very frequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, clear; white, 0,04-0,75 |
mica |
infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,02 |
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0,08-0,2 |
reddish inclusions |
frequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, reddish brown, 0,08-0,25 |
black inclusions |
infrequent, angular, spherical, black, 0,05-0,2 |
white inclusions |
infrequent, angular, elongate, white, 0,3 |
foraminifera |
1,2 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
vessel form type |
Cooking Pot Bechtold globular pot sub-type F |
fragmentation |
rim – profile with handle |
dimensions |
diameter: 25cm (rim) |
surface description |
coarse in- and exterior: reddish yellow, 5YR7/6 |
chronology of object |
520-350 |
publication |
Bechtold (forthcoming 2) |
|
Context Data
|
site of discovery |
Carthage Bir Messaouda, trench 2 |
registration code of context |
BM05/2509 |
registration code of object |
BM05/46567 |
chronology of context |
530-500 (EP/MP) |
| | 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 95/17 |
status of sample |
whole sample available |
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