Archaeometric investigation of pottery from funerary gifts in Kal-e Chendar,Shami (Khuzestan,Iran) |
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| Authors: | P Davit F Turco L Operti A Borghi A Cellerino |
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| Institution: | 1. Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Torino, Via P. Giuria 7, I-10125 Turin, Italy;2. Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Torino, Via T. Valperga Caluso 35, I-10125 Turin, Italy;3. Dipartimento di Studi Storici, Università di Torino, Via Sant'Ottavio 20, I-10124 Turin, Italy
Centro ricerche archeologiche e scavi di Torino per il Medio Oriente e l'Asia (CRAST), Piazza Statuto 10, I-10122 Turin, Italy |
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| Abstract: | Thirty fragments of red slip, glazed, common and cooking ware from Hellenistic and Parthian tombs at Kal-e Chendar in Shami (Iran) were investigated. Petrographic assemblage and chemometric evaluation of chemical data collected most samples in a large cluster, suggesting a common provenance, even in a quite wide area which includes Izeh plain and lowland Susiana, and underlining the presence of smaller very distinguished groupings. Surface finishing layers (both glazes and red slips) showed a high degree of alteration of their morphological features. Blue glazes are typical plant-ash, with copper as a colouring agent. |
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| Keywords: | Shami Hellenistic and Parthian pottery third century bce–third century ce glazed ware red slip ware SEM-EDX |
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