| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
fabric type |
PAN-SOL-A-1
|
ware |
Transport Amphorae |
supposed site of production |
Palermo/Panormos-Solunto/Solus |
certainty of arguments |
archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain |
visual excamination of fresh break |
Pinkish-red clay with a good amount of visible inclusions of white colour and of small-medium size and a singular big and red one |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
2.5 YR 6/8 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
void form: vughy; void length: 0.04-0.36 |
inclusions |
length: 0.04-0.60 |
sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
|
Inclusions
|
quartz |
frequent, well rounded; subangular, subspherical; spherical, greyish/whitish/transparent, 0.08-0.40 |
mica |
infrequent, angular, very spherical, shiny |
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, well rounded; subrounded, very spherical; subelongate, whitish/yellowish, 0.04-08-0.60 |
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
infrequent, subrounded; rounded; subangular, spherical; subelongate; very spherical, white/yellowish, 0.04-0.32 |
reddish inclusions |
singular, angular, subspherical, light red, 2.00 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
vessel form type |
Amphora Western Greek, Gassner rim 3 |
fragmentation |
rim |
dimensions |
diameter: 12.4cm (rim); height: 4cm |
surface description |
slipped Light gray 10 YR 7/1 |
chronology of object |
Greek-Archaic-Late Archaic 510-480 BC |
publication |
Bechtold 2020, fig. 4,3 |
drawing |
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Context Data
|
site of discovery |
Himera Necropoli Ovest |
registration code of context |
W1452 |
registration code of object |
W1452 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
applied method for sample analysis |
thin section, chemical analysis |
analysis author |
Montana/Randazzo |
sample taken |
February 2018, by Babette Bechtold, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
sample no |
M 179/165 representative sample for PAN-SOL-A-1 |
status of sample |
whole sample available |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
sample number |
M 179/165 |
inventory number |
W1452 |
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)
frequent:
fine (0.1-0.2mm)
common:
medium (0.2-0.5mm)
|
roundness |
angular |
sorting |
scarce-serial |
maximum grain size |
2 |
|
Mineral Inclusions
|
prevalent |
Monocrystalline Quartz |
common |
Polycrystalline Quartz |
sporadic |
Orthoclase (alteration), Plagioclase, Muscovite |
rare |
Biotite, Accessory & Heavy Minerals (Glauconite) |
|
Rock Fragments
|
rare |
Sedimentary (Sandstone, Chert) |
|
Newly Formed Phases
|
common |
secondary calcite |
|
Other Compositional & Textural Features
|
sporadic |
Microfossils, Micritic Clots |
quartz grain prevailing roundness |
angular |
|
Coating / Slipping
|
thickness |
|
conservation status |
|
|
Texture
|
homogenity |
not homogeneous (patchy) patchy: common |
optical activity |
inactive |
color |
|
degree of sintering |
well sintered |
|
Porosity
|
abundance of voids/pores |
low (<10%) |
orientation |
none |
prevalent |
small (0.01-0.1mm), medium (0.1-1mm), irregular, cast |
|
Composition
|
clay composition |
ca-rich |
|
Interpretation
|
estimated firing temperature |
well fired |
modelling of raw clay |
use of wheel |
refinement of raw clay |
bad |
refinement of temper |
sieved natural sand |
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