| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
fabric type |
SEL-A-4
|
ware |
Transport Amphorae |
supposed site of production |
Selinunte / Selinus |
certainty of arguments |
archaeometric: quite certain, archaeological: quite certain |
visual excamination of fresh break |
Reddish-pinkish clay, fine with visible and small inclusions of whitish colour |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
5 YR 6/6; 5 YR 5/2(heart) |
texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
void form: vughy; void length: 0.04-0.44 |
inclusions |
length: 0.04-0.79 |
sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
|
Inclusions
|
quartz |
sporadic, subangular; subrounded, very spherical; spherical, Whitish/transparent, 0.08-0.32 |
mica |
sporadic |
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, subangular; rounded, very spherical, white/yellowish, 0.04-0.20 |
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
very frequent, well rounded; subangular; angular, very spherical, whitish/yellowish, 0.04-0.28-32 |
red iron oxide concretions |
sporadic, well rounded, spherical; subspherical; elongate, red/ dark red, 0.12-0.75-79 |
more inclusions2 |
sporadic, subrounded; subangular, subspherical; very spherical, orange, 0.12-0.79 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
vessel form type |
Amphora Western Greek, Gassner rim 7 |
fragmentation |
rim |
dimensions |
diameter: 12cm (rim); height: 4cm |
surface description |
slipped Very pale brown 10 YR 8/2 |
chronology of object |
Greek 420-380 BC |
publication |
Bechtold 2020, fig. 4,9 |
drawing |
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|
Context Data
|
site of discovery |
Selinunte / Selinus Tempio R |
registration code of context |
Saggio P US 118 |
registration code of object |
P13.120; SEL 42066 |
chronology of context |
320-290 BC |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
applied method for sample analysis |
thin section |
analysis author |
Montana/Randazzo |
sample taken |
June 2018, by Babette Bechtold, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
sample no |
M 154/150 representative sample for SEL-A-4 |
status of sample |
whole sample available |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
sample number |
M 154/150 |
inventory number |
P13.120 SEL 42066 |
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)
common:
fine (0.1-0.2mm)
rare:
medium (0.2-0.5mm)
|
roundness |
angular |
sorting |
scarce-serial |
maximum grain size |
0.3 |
|
Mineral Inclusions
|
prevalent |
Monocrystalline Quartz |
common |
Polycrystalline Quartz |
sporadic |
Orthoclase |
rare |
Plagioclase, Muscovite, Accessory & Heavy Minerals (Glauconite, Iron oxides) |
|
Other Compositional & Textural Features
|
common |
Microfossils, Micritic Clots |
quartz grain prevailing roundness |
angular |
|
Coating / Slipping
|
thickness |
|
conservation status |
|
|
Texture
|
homogenity |
moderately homogeneous patchy: sporadic |
optical activity |
inactive |
color |
|
degree of sintering |
well sintered |
|
Porosity
|
abundance of voids/pores |
medium (10-30%) |
orientation |
none |
prevalent |
small (0.01-0.1mm), medium (0.1-1mm), irregular, rounded, cast |
|
Composition
|
clay composition |
ca-rich |
|
Interpretation
|
estimated firing temperature |
well fired |
modelling of raw clay |
use of wheel |
refinement of raw clay |
acceptable |
refinement of temper |
sieved natural sand |
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