Ama 003 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Petrographic sample: Ama 003

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Vessel Registration Number:

Amathos 3

Site Name

Amathous

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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

alluvial/Ophiolitic dark, ss, 15% voids

Thin Section Photos 1

Amathos 3

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/chalk: 15% 200-1000 sa-sr, QZ: 10% 100-400 sa-sr, olivine/pyroxene: 5% 100-400 sa-sr, Several: LS 80-250 sa, OP 60-120 sr, mica 40-100 sa

Geological Formation

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Local Petrographic Group

Amathos M4

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