Ama 004 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Petrographic sample: Ama 004

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Vessel Registration Number:

Amathos 4

Site Name

Amathous

Date

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Shape

Grinding bowl/mortarium

Country/Region

Cyprus/Eastern South Coast

Period

Cypro-Geometric, Cypro-Arch...

Functional Category

Cooking/Food production

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Description

Ophiolitic dark, ss, 10% voids, silty

Thin Section Photos 1

Amathos 4

Grinding bowl/mortarium

Amathous

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Cypro-Geometric, Cypro-Archaic I

Break Photos 0

Vessel Images 0

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Petrographic Sample

Suggested Clay Provenance

Amathos /

Cyprus /

Inclusions

CC: 5% 100-800 sr-r, QZ: 5% 40-250 sa-sr, serpentine: 2% 120-400 sr-r,Several: OP 50-150 sa, LS 50-250 sa, feldspar 50-300 sr, mica 40-100 sa-sr, olivine? 80-180 sr

Geological Formation

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Local Petrographic Group

Amathos M1?

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Associated Ware/Ware Family

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