| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
| fabric type |
PAN-REG-A-1
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
Palermo / Panormos |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
reddish yellow, granular; core: grey; few fine brown inclusions |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
5YR6/6 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
5%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0.04-0.3 |
| inclusions |
5%, length: 0.02-0.6 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
mica |
frequent, angular, spherical, white, dark, 0.03-0.06 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
frequent |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
riddled with, well rounded, spherical, yellowish white, 0.03-0.3 |
|
black iron oxide concretions |
infrequent, rounded, subspherical, black, 0.03-0.09 |
|
red iron oxide concretions |
frequent, rounded, spherical, reddish brown, 0.06-0.15 |
|
grey inclusions |
singular, angular, spherical, dark grey, 0.3 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
| vessel form type |
Amphora
Punic amphora, Ramon T-1.4.5.1 |
| fragmentation |
body |
| surface description |
smoothed
exterior and interior: reddish yellow, 5YR6/6 |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Palermo / Panormos
Caserma Tukory, tomb 113 no. 4 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
| sample taken |
September 2009, by Francesca Spatafora, Soprintendenza Beni Culturali e Ambientali di Palermo |
| sample no |
M 107/4
 representative sample for PAN-REG-A-1 |
| status of sample |
whole sample available |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
| sample number |
M 107/4 |
| inventory number |
Caserma Tukory, tba. 113, rep. 4 |
| analysis author |
Giuseppe Montana - Luciana Randazzo |
| email |
giuseppe.montana@unipa.it; luciana.randazzo@unical.it; |
| institution |
University of Palermo - Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare (DiSTeM); University of Calabria Dipartimento di Biologia, Ecologia e Scienze della Terra (DiBEST):
|
| |
Inclusions Microstructure
|
| distribution |
moderately homogeneous |
| packing |
medium (10-20%) |
| size |
prevalent:
very fine (0.04-0.1mm), fine (0.1-0.2mm)
|
| roundness |
angular |
| sorting |
good |
| maximum grain size |
0.3 mm |
| |
Mineral Inclusions
|
| prevalent |
Monocrystalline Quartz |
| sporadic |
Polycrystalline Quartz |
| rare |
Orthoclase, Plagioclase, Muscovite |
| |
Rock Fragments
|
| common |
Sedimentary (Sandstone) |
| |
Newly Formed Phases
|
| frequent |
secondary calcite |
| |
Other Compositional & Textural Features
|
| frequent |
Micritic Clots |
| sporadic |
Microfossils (Benthic Foraminifera) |
| quartz grain prevailing roundness |
angular |
| |
Coating / Slipping
|
| thickness |
|
| conservation status |
|
| |
Texture
|
| homogenity |
moderately homogeneous patchy: rare |
| optical activity |
inactive |
| color |
reddish |
| degree of sintering |
partly sintered |
| |
Porosity
|
| abundance of voids/pores |
medium (10-30%) |
| orientation |
none |
| prevalent |
medium (0.1-1mm), cast, channels |
| |
Composition
|
| clay composition |
ca-rich |
| |
Interpretation
|
| estimated firing temperature |
low fired |
| modelling of raw clay |
use of wheel |
| refinement of raw clay |
acceptable |
| refinement of temper |
sieved natural sand |
Cite this page as: FACEM - http://facem.at/pan-reg-a-1
production
sampling
