| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| fabric type |
CAR-REG-C-3
|
| fabric previously published as |
KTS Carthage (n. 353) |
| ware |
Coarse Wares |
| supposed site of production |
Carthage region |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
light yellowish brown, core: yellow, irregular; fine to medium-sized white and dark inclusions |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
2.5Y6/3, core: 10YR7/6 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
irregular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
10%; void form: channel; vughy; void length: 0,04-1,5 |
| inclusions |
15%, length: 0,02-1,6 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
frequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, clear, 0,04-0,5 |
|
mica |
infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,02 |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, angular, spherical, reddish brown, 0,08-1,6 |
|
black inclusions |
frequent, angular, spherical, black, 0,05-0,25 |
|
brown inclusions |
frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, yellowish brown, white rim, 0.12-0,4 |
|
foraminifera |
infrequent, subrounded, spherical, white, 0,2-0,3 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| vessel form type |
Jug |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| dimensions |
diameter: 16cm (rim) |
| surface description |
coarse
in- and exterior: white, 10YR8/2 (scum) |
| chronology of object |
600-350? |
| publication |
Bechtold (forthcoming 2) |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Carthage
Bir Messaouda, trench 1 |
| registration code of context |
BM02/1225 |
| registration code of object |
BM02/45156 |
| chronology of context |
430-400 (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 95/32 |
| status of sample |
whole sample available |
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