| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| fabric type |
EAST-AEG-A-2
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
East Aegean region |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
yellowish red, smooth; fine white and gray inclusions |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
5YR5/6 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
smooth |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
3%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,24 |
| inclusions |
6%, length: 0,6 |
| sorting |
well sorted sand in different compositions |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
infrequent, angular, spherical, clear, 0,08-0,12 |
|
mica |
frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,04 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, greyish white, 0,08-0,5 |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, rust coloured, 0,08-0,2 |
|
black inclusions |
frequent, rounded, spherical, black, 0,04-0,12 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| vessel form type |
Amphora
type Solokha I |
| fragmentation |
body |
| surface description |
coarse |
| chronology of object |
Greek-Classic |
| publication |
Gassner 2005, fig. 3 |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Velia
Theatre |
| registration code of context |
1023/93 |
| registration code of object |
1023/93-12 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RVA007A |
| sample taken |
November 1993, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| sample no |
M 6/15
 representative sample for EAST-AEG-A-2 |
| status of sample |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis surplus available |
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