| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
fabric type |
CAR-REG-C-1
|
fabric previously published as |
KTS, Carthage (n. 311) |
ware |
Coarse Wares |
supposed site of production |
Carthage region |
certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
visual excamination of fresh break |
reddish brown, irregular; some fine to medium-sized white and gray inclusions |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
5YR5/4 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
irregular |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
10%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0,04-0,75 |
inclusions |
15%, length: 0,02-0,6 |
sorting |
unsorted |
|
Inclusions
|
quartz |
very frequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, clear, 0,04-0,5 |
mica |
infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,02 |
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, yellowish white, 0,12 |
black inclusions |
infrequent, angular, spherical, black, 0,05-0,15 |
grey inclusions |
frequent, angular, spherical, dark grey, 0,25-0,6 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
vessel form type |
Basin Bechtold hemispherical basin sub-type A/Vegas F.48.1 |
fragmentation |
rim |
dimensions |
diameter: 28cm (rim) |
surface description |
coarse in- and exterior: light red, 2.5YR6/6 |
chronology of object |
675-450 |
publication |
Bechtold (forthcoming 2) |
|
Context Data
|
site of discovery |
Carthage Bir Messaouda, trench 4 |
registration code of context |
BM04/4444 |
registration code of object |
BM04/42860 |
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 95/8 |
status of sample |
whole sample available |
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