Tessera 172. Tethys mosaic, villa of Bruñel (Quesada, Jaén, Spain)

Dark red tessera belonging to the Tethys mosaic of the Roman villa of Bruñel. It is located in the right-hand decoration of squares or cubes. Elemental analysis by X-ray fluorescence shows a high concentration of Ca and Fe and smaller amounts of Si and Al. The raw material used was therefore a rich iron limestone.

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Condition: New product

Dimensions

Alto : 1 Centimeters

Ancho : 1 Centimeters

Materials

Stone

Temporal

Period name : Roman

Date : 3rd-4th century AD

Otros metadatos

Spatial

Location : Villa de Bruñel
Geopolitical area : Quesada, Jaén, Spain
Spatial reference system : WGS84

Copyrights

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References

Article - Sotomayor, M. (1985): “La villa romana de Bruñel, en Quesada (Jaén)”. Cuadernos de Prehistoria de la Universidad de Granada, 10: 335-366

Article - Ramos, J. (2015): “Reexcavando sin destruir, cincuenta años después. Aplicación de nuevos planteamientos teóricos y metodologías a la villa romana de Bruñel (Quesada, Jaén)”. Arqueología y Territorio, 12, 177-189.

Resource available online - Ortofoto mosaico Tetis

Digital Resources

Tessera 172

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Tessera 172 in the right-hand decoration of squares or cubes

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Tethys mosaic

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Tessera 171. XRF analysis IUIAI-UJA

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Activities

Archaeometric analysis

University Research Center for Iberian Archaeology

X-Ray Fluorescence

Elemental analysis

Non destructive. Surface cleaning. Sample pretreatment is not required. Direct measurement.

Bruker Tracer III SD handheld XRF spectrometer (HERCULES Laboratory, University of Évora, Portugal). This instrument is equipped with a silicon drift 10 mm 2 SDD detector, and a Rh target delivering a polychromatic X-ray beam of 3×3 mm². Spectra were acquired with 40 kV and a current of 11 μA, for a life time of 30 s. This analytical method detects elements with an atomic number higher than 12.