| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| fabric type |
CAR-REG-C-3
|
| ware |
Coarse Wares |
| supposed site of production |
Carthage region |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
pale brown, granular; some fine to medium-sized white and dark inclusions, mica |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
10YR6/3 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
20%; void form: channel; void length: 0,04-1,5 |
| inclusions |
15%, length: 0,02-0,75 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
frequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, clear; white, 0,04-0,75 |
|
mica |
infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,02 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, rounded, spherical - subelongate, white, 0,12-0,5 |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, angular, spherical, reddish brown, 0,2 |
|
black inclusions |
infrequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, black, 0,05-0,2 |
|
brown inclusions |
frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, yellowish brown, white rim |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| vessel form type |
Cooking Pot
close to Bechtold 2007a, 407-408 |
| fragmentation |
rim - handle – rim and handle attachment |
| dimensions |
diameter: 16cm (rim) |
| surface description |
coarse
in- and exterior: white,10YR8/2 (scum) |
| chronology of object |
550-400? |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Carthage
Bir Messaouda, surface |
| registration code of context |
BM02/1200 |
| registration code of object |
BM02/46178 |
| chronology of context |
surface |
| | 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 95/25 |
| status of sample |
whole sample available |
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