Petrographic sample: A-1842/A1 TS

Vessel Registration Number:

Asherat A-1842/A1

Asherat

Coffin

Israel/Galilee

Roman

Burial/Grave Gift

Description

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The matrix is light brownish-green to greenish-brown. The clay minerals had changed their optical properties and are strongly vitrified as a result of firing at the temperature close to 800C. In some of the sections the matrix contains a considerable amount of tiny light flecks - probably carbonates or rhombic-shaped calcite component.
In spite of distinguished differences in matrix, the temper of all the thin-sections is mostly homogeneous. The dominant raw component is olivine-iddingsite grains (up to 85% of total) large (up to 0.3 mm) rounded reddish-brown to dark brown, sometimes containing relict olivine nucleus. Their amount is about 15% of the total volume of the sherd. Also appear: olivine not altered into iddingsite - small a...

Thin Section Photos  1


Coffin
Asherat
Roman

Break Photos  0

Vessel Images  1


Coffin
Asherat
Roman

Petrographic Sample

Harzburgite, dunite

Associated Kiln/Workshop

Associated Ware/Ware Family