VEL-A-3

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	VEL-A-3
ware	Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production	Velia
certainty of arguments	archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break	colour light red, texture coarse, numerous fine to large inclusions: white, red, grey, mica, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	light red 2.5 YR 6/8
texture of freshly broken surface	granular
hardness	hard
porosity	7.5%; void form: channel (0.04-2.2), vughy (0.12-0.4)l; void length: 0.04-2.2
inclusions	17.5%, length: <0.04-3.0
sorting	bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt
	Inclusions
quartz	riddled with, rounded - subrounded, subangular - angular, spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, grey, white, clear, 0.04-1.0
mica	very frequent, spherical, angular, elongate, white, dark, <0.04-0.04
calciumcarbonate	infrequent, spherical - subspherical, white, yellowish, 0.04-0.6
carbonate pseudomorphoses	singular, rounded - subrounded, spherical, white, 0.2-1.2
reddish inclusions	frequent, well rounded - subrounded, angular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, very elongate, reddish brown, <0.04-3.0
black inclusions	infrequent, rounded, subangular, very spherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.24

vessel form type	Amphora MGS III/Gassner 8a
fragmentation	rim
dimensions	diameter: 14.5cm (rim)
chronology of object	Greek-Hellenistic 330-290 B.C.E.
publication	Bechtold 2013c, fig. 22,12.
drawing
	Context Data
site of discovery	Jerba Ghizène
registration code of context	GH 023
registration code of object	GH 23
chronology of context	surface find

sample taken	2011, by Sami Ben Tahar, INP Jerba
sample no	M 149/14

Cite this page as: FACEM - http://facem.at/m-149-14

Distribution of fabric type
“VEL-A-3”

Velia Velia Velia Ischia Ischia Pantelleria Pantelleria Pantelleria Jerba Selinunte / Selinus Segesta Velia Velia Velia Velia Velia Velia Velia Velia Velia Velia Velia

production sampling

Representative sample for
“VEL-A-3”

M 6/3

There are 10 more samples assigned to fabric type
“VEL-A-3”.

Transport Amphorae from Velia: Introduction Until now the production of transport amphorae in Velia is only confirmed by archaeometric analyses, while evidence for kilns or other indicators of local production are still missing.1 The earliest amphorae produced in Velia appear only in the second quarter of the 5th c. B.C.E. and their production can be followed until the first quarter of the 2nd c. B.C.E?

Pottery production at Velia: Ceramic raw materials and archaeometric analyses: Introduction The local production of pottery, bricks and tiles has been assumed for Velia as well as for many other colonies in Magna Graecia at a rather early stage of research, but the characteristics and the development of this production remained unknown for a long time?

Fabrics of Velia: The classification of fabrics is based upon the macroscopic analysis of all diagnostic fragments of the material of studied contexts of the Austrian excavations. These comprise a context of the Early Classical period in the Lower town of Velia...

Western Greek and Sardinian Amphorae from Punic Sites in the Southern Mediterranean: New Evidence from Fabric Analysis for Economic Interaction in the Carthaginian Sphere of Influence (6th-3rd century B.C.E.)

Inclusions

Context Data