| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| fabric type |
ISC-AT-1
|
| ware |
Architectural Terracotta |
| supposed site of production |
Ischia |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeometric: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
reddish brown, irregular; medium-sized red and gray inclusions, some mica |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
5YR5/3 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
irregular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
4%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,2-0,6 |
| inclusions |
45%, length: 0,08-0,4 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
very frequent, angular, spherical - subelongate, white; gray, 0,2-1,8 |
|
mica |
frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,04 |
|
red iron oxide concretions |
frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, reddish brown, 0,3-1 |
|
reddish inclusions |
singular, angular, spherical, light red, 3 |
|
black inclusions |
riddled with, angular, spherical, dark grey, 0,2-0,6 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| vessel form type |
Antefix |
| fragmentation |
whole piece |
| dimensions |
diameter: 18cm (rim); height: 10cm |
| surface description |
weathered |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Velia |
| registration code of object |
9931 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RVZ03B |
| sample taken |
October 1991, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| sample no |
M 7/10
 representative sample for ISC-AT-1 |
| status of sample |
sample surplus and thin section surplus available |
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