BNAP-C-8

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	BNAP-C-8
ware	Coarse Wares
supposed site of production	Bay of Naples
visual excamination of fresh break	light brown, granular; some fine white and many dark fine to large inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	7.5YR6/3
texture of freshly broken surface	granular
hardness	hard
porosity	5%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0,025-0,75
inclusions	7,5%, length: 0,01-1,5
sorting	unsorted
	Inclusions
quartz	infrequent, very angular, spherical - subspherical, clear, 0,08-0,25
mica	frequent, angular, spherical; very elongate, white; dark, 0,01-0,08
carbonate pseudomorphoses	riddled with, well rounded, very spherical, white, 0,025-0,25
reddish inclusions	frequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, reddish brown, 0,08-0,8
black inclusions	frequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, black, 0,08-1,5
grey inclusions	singular, subangular, subelongate, grey and white, 1
brown inclusions	infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, rusty brown, 0,12-0,6
white inclusions	infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0,08-0,25
foraminifera	infrequent, well rounded, spherical, white; yellow core, 0,12-0,25

vessel form type	Jug Situla
fragmentation	rim
dimensions	diameter: 17,4cm (rim); height: 7cm
surface description	slipped
chronology of object	Second half 5th - beginning 4th century B.C.
	Context Data
site of discovery	Cuma Cuma 2001, Tempio con portico, saggio 13
registration code of object	K2. 2476.104
chronology of context	3rd century B.C.

applied method for sample analysis	thin section
sample taken	May 2010, by Giovanna Greco, L'Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
sample no	M 20/13 representative sample for BNAP-C-8

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Distribution of fabric type
“BNAP-C-8”

Cuma Naples Bay of Naples Bay of Naples

production sampling

Representative sample for
“BNAP-C-8”

M 20/13

There are 1 more sample assigned to fabric type
“BNAP-C-8”.

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Inclusions

Context Data