Materials and technology of mosaics from the House of Charidemos at Halikarnassos (Bodrum, Turkey)

Rasmussen, Kaare Lund; Delbey, Thomas; Jørgensen, Bjarke; Jensen, Kasper Høegh; Poulsen, Birte; Pedersen, Poul

doi:10.1186/s40494-022-00697-3

Heritage Science

Table 2 Results of the LA-ICP-MS analysis of the 20 tesserae from House of Charidemos in Halikarnassos

From: Materials and technology of mosaics from the House of Charidemos at Halikarnassos (Bodrum, Turkey)

Sample	Colour	Na₂O	MgO	Al₂O₃	SiO₂	P₂O₅	SO₃	K₂O	CaO	TiO₂	MnO	Fe₂O₃	CuO	Sb₂O₅	PbO
Sample	Colour	wt%	wt%	wt%	wt%	wt%	wt%	wt%	wt%	wt%	wt%	wt%	wt%	wt%	wt%
KLR461	Purple	16.3	0.633	2.34	67.8	0.104	0.718	0.653	7.04	0.079	2.04	0.523	0.005	1.54	0.020
KLR465	Purple	18.5	0.540	2.12	66.4	0.076	1.16	0.646	6.09	0.076	1.72	0.495	0.026	1.90	0.022
KLR463	Red	16.5	0.899	2.37	62.8	0.231	0.402	1.03	7.24	0.110	0.679	5.10	0.447	0.774	1.23
KLR467	Red	15.8	0.940	2.30	63.4	0.262	0.364	1.01	6.77	0.106	0.396	4.24	0.543	0.728	2.92
KLR471	Deep Red	12.7	1.26	2.88	50.2	0.344	0.270	1.09	6.59	0.267	0.181	2.47	1.87	0.074	18.2
KLR464	Yellow	14.0	0.867	1.99	59.0	0.191	0.641	0.838	5.85	0.089	0.284	1.03	0.032	1.30	13.7
KLR468	Yellow	14.1	0.541	2.25	60.5	0.101	0.448	0.633	6.20	0.090	0.823	0.906	0.015	1.48	11.7
KLR455	Grey	0.004	1.94	0.003	0.053	0.010	0.156	0.001	97.7	0.000	0.001	0.062	0.483	0.010	0.096
KLR456	White	0.002	40.2	0.003	0.056	0.053	0.037	0.000	59.6	0.012	0.001	0.010	0.681	0.087	0.498
KLR458	Dark Yellow	0.013	0.472	1.10	1.90	0.187	0.065	0.070	91.0	0.051	0.091	4.92	30.1	9.18	17.2
KLR462	Dark Yellow	0.017	0.838	1.20	2.14	0.172	0.103	0.110	89.6	0.049	0.121	5.54	37.4	17.0	23.6
KLR472	Dark Yellow	0.021	0.322	0.758	1.31	0.111	0.049	0.075	92.9	0.033	0.164	4.19	18.8	4.52	57.1
KLR476	Dark Yellow	0.023	0.512	1.00	1.58	0.132	0.056	0.114	92.6	0.050	0.053	3.77	19.1	3.59	2.92
KLR466	Light Red	0.015	1.019	2.21	7.38	0.065	0.046	0.722	87.0	0.111	0.125	1.11	15.5	0.413	7.69
KLR470	Light Red	0.019	1.11	3.65	8.95	0.180	0.067	1.048	83.2	0.175	0.105	1.32	17.4	0.310	8.52
KLR473	Light Red	0.012	0.989	2.24	6.63	0.032	0.029	0.744	87.9	0.101	0.125	1.05	14.0	0.201	7.35
KLR460	Red	0.205	0.919	1.86	5.37	0.014	0.011	0.557	89.4	0.068	0.235	1.18	0.990	0.204	12.4
KLR474	Orange-Red ceramic	0.207	1.06	9.12	76.0	0.108	0.082	1.061	8.04	0.479	0.023	3.74	14.7	0.475	32.3
KLR475	Green-Grey	4.14	1.97	11.0	34.3	0.385	0.064	1.750	39.1	0.395	0.675	5.81	18.2	0.866	34.0
KLR12675	Dark-red Iasos quarry	0.039	1.11	0.776	1.57	0.059	0.029	0.255	93.2	0.079	0.496	2.24	2.04	0.381	27.1

Sample	Colour	Li	Be	B	V	Cr	Co	Ni	Zn	Ga	Ge	As	Se	Rb	Sr
Sample	Colour	µg g⁻¹	µg g⁻¹	µg g⁻¹	µg g⁻¹	µg g⁻¹	µg g⁻¹	µg g⁻¹	µg g⁻¹	µg g⁻¹	µg g⁻¹	µg g⁻¹	µg g⁻¹	µg g⁻¹	µg g⁻¹
KLR461	Purple	4.90	0.309	160	38.1	12.3	9.90	12.9	30.1	2.61	0.675	32.5	1.981	7.78	559
KLR465	Purple	5.26	0.277	180	39.4	14.2	10.6	11.3	47.4	2.37	0.728	41.8	0.377	9.20	471
KLR463	Red	9.48	0.344	163	23.1	15.2	24.1	31.9	105	2.89	0.716	47.8	0.690	11.2	454
KLR467	Red	7.82	0.310	167	17.8	14.3	18.5	25.6	233	2.75	0.681	42.4	0.639	10.5	412
KLR471	Deep Red	4.72	0.397	116	25.1	23.2	210	309	1045	5.48	4.232	921	0.388	6.27	502
KLR464	Yellow	4.57	0.310	149	12.7	10.8	3.22	6.71	52.8	2.16	0.544	73.8	1.973	7.67	377
KLR468	Yellow	4.43	0.290	132	30.9	16.8	5.34	8.04	29.2	2.95	0.671	78.6	4.876	8.76	441
KLR455	Grey	0.17	0.007	0.527	5.68	6.75	0.046	0.647	1.67	0.005	0.008	0.352	0.355	0.019	229
KLR456	White	0.74	0.015	0.388	1.19	6.04	0.037	1.61	3.73	0.008	0.034	0.332	0.550	0.006	136
KLR458	Dark Yellow	4.28	1.04	17.3	130	110	23.2	170	63.1	4.12	0.257	171	0.581	4.90	68.5
KLR462	Dark Yellow	2.07	1.10	3.73	218	64.2	7.17	46.0	69.0	3.71	0.230	299	0.603	8.10	132
KLR472	Dark Yellow	1.35	0.795	3.12	154	20.0	37.0	31.1	30.4	2.25	0.201	233	0.540	5.78	42.8
KLR476	Dark Yellow	2.29	0.819	3.40	107	68.4	7.20	42.0	52.4	2.67	0.160	163	0.677	7.62	87.9
KLR466	Light Red	9.98	0.507	20.8	18.5	19.6	3.24	22.1	45.4	3.05	0.594	9.53	0.844	26.5	497
KLR470	Light Red	16.7	0.667	29.0	23.7	29.1	3.63	25.1	49.2	4.30	0.776	9.96	0.736	39.3	478
KLR473	Light Red	10.1	0.504	17.8	20.0	21.4	3.13	20.0	47.1	2.98	0.549	6.49	0.504	27.6	504
KLR460	Red	7.51	0.429	7.62	12.0	16.4	9.58	14.7	24.7	2.36	0.444	1.36	0.490	17.3	1470
KLR474	Orange-Red ceramic	28.4	1.43	27.8	74.4	62.5	8.77	20.0	66.0	12.2	1.46	8.35	0.802	45.2	175
KLR475	Green-Grey	16.1	7.71	9.25	66.4	9.33	10.6	7.80	84.5	16.4	1.21	38.9	0.534	94.3	1516
KLR12675	Dark-red Iasos quarry	3.45	0.223	6.45	11.9	11.1	22.8	13.4	65.0	1.16	0.519	2.84	1.11	7.40	958

Sample	Colour	Y	Zr	Nb	Mo	Ag	Sn	Cs	Ba	La	Ce	Au	Th	U
Sample	Colour	µg g⁻¹	µg g⁻¹	µg g⁻¹	µg g⁻¹	µg g⁻¹	µg g⁻¹	µg g⁻¹	µg g⁻¹	µg g⁻¹	µg g⁻¹	µg g⁻¹	µg g⁻¹	µg g⁻¹
KLR461	Purple	6.11	39.2	1.51	6.04	0.416	5.38	0.168	633	6.05	10.9	0.025	0.929	1.04
KLR465	Purple	5.58	38.5	1.47	4.51	0.882	8.36	0.229	399	5.71	10.0	0.063	0.922	0.957
KLR463	Red	5.98	50.8	2.16	2.58	2.80	375	0.461	262	6.44	12.0	0.149	1.32	1.11
KLR467	Red	5.79	49.5	2.13	1.53	3.56	461	0.523	230	6.24	11.9	0.087	1.30	1.06
KLR471	Deep Red	7.31	84.3	3.81	2.20	4.16	9171	0.121	148	7.24	14.6	0.006	1.53	0.828
KLR464	Yellow	4.82	46.8	1.93	1.13	12.2	412	0.310	186	5.27	9.91	0.083	1.25	0.889
KLR468	Yellow	5.37	37.1	1.56	2.05	14.9	349	0.527	308	5.64	10.1	0.155	1.08	1.00
KLR455	Grey	0.119	0.380	0.004	0.081	0.005	0.022	0.001	1.50	0.041	0.068	0.000	0.010	0.815
KLR456	White	0.222	0.552	0.176	0.001	0.002	0.060	0.003	1.11	0.116	0.230	0.000	0.016	0.208
KLR458	Dark Yellow	4.98	22.0	1.61	0.955	0.026	0.233	1.22	55.3	4.19	4.13	0.001	0.744	1.971
KLR462	Dark Yellow	3.62	15.6	1.52	1.83	0.027	0.266	2.15	51.5	3.47	5.33	0.000	0.870	0.736
KLR472	Dark Yellow	5.75	11.2	1.34	1.39	0.012	0.157	1.35	85.4	3.73	5.48	0.003	0.547	0.481
KLR476	Dark Yellow	11.5	14.4	1.70	0.845	0.033	0.303	2.01	30.7	3.19	3.67	0.001	0.787	0.610
KLR466	Light Red	28.1	18.8	1.85	0.152	0.007	0.424	1.69	500	24.2	16.5	0.001	1.86	0.441
KLR470	Light Red	31.2	35.6	3.13	0.159	0.013	0.666	2.21	627	26.6	18.9	0.000	2.88	0.516
KLR473	Light Red	30.0	12.4	1.74	0.126	0.007	0.405	1.66	510	28.3	19.6	0.001	1.92	0.356
KLR460	Red	15.1	18.9	1.39	0.212	0.192	0.400	0.837	98.2	16.0	20.6	0.001	2.86	0.322
KLR474	Orange-Red ceramic	10.3	80.2	11.8	0.516	0.077	1.62	2.70	197	23.5	50.2	0.001	5.89	1.43
KLR475	Green-Grey	14.3	205	18.9	0.527	0.055	3.68	10.4	491	146	210	0.002	24.5	12.5
KLR12675	Dark-red Iasos quarry	21.1	27.8	1.60	0.154	0.029	12.1	0.335	44.7	9.64	13.9	0.000	1.67	0.470

The elements are listed in percentage of oxide and are normalized to 100%. The main constituents are listed in weight percent of oxides (wt%) and the minor elements are reported in µg g⁻¹

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