VEL-A-2

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	VEL-A-2
ware	Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production	Velia
certainty of arguments	archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break	colour light red, texture middle fine, numerous fine to large inclusions: white, grey, red, mica, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	yellowish red - reddish yellow 5 YR 5/8-6/8
texture of freshly broken surface	granular
hardness	hard
porosity	7.5%; void form: channel (0.08-5.0), vughy (0.06-6.6); void length: 0.06-6.6
inclusions	15%, length: <0.04-1,4
sorting	bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt
	Inclusions
quartz	very frequent, well rounded, subangular - angular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, grey, white, clear, 0.04-1.04
mica	frequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.04
calciumcarbonate	singular, spherical - subspherical, white, 0.08-0.16
carbonate pseudomorphoses	singular, well rounded, very spherical - spherical, white, 0.28-0.44
reddish inclusions	frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - spherical, very elongate, red, reddish brown, 0.04-1.4
black inclusions	infrequent, well rounded, very spherical, elongate, black, 0.06-0.2
white inclusions	singular, rounded, subelongate, white, 0.76

vessel form type	Amphora MGS III/Gassner 9a
fragmentation	rim
dimensions	diameter: 11.2cm (rim)
surface description	grey slip 2.5 YR 5/2
chronology of object	Greek-Hellenistic 330-280 B.C.E.
publication	Bechtold 2013c, fig. 21,9; Bechtold (forthcoming 3), cat. 230.
drawing
	Context Data
site of discovery	Selinunte / Selinus temple B
registration code of context	saggio H, US 4
registration code of object	saggio H, US 4, P09.46
chronology of context	310-290 B.C.E.

sample taken	2011, by Babette Bechtold, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
sample no	M 154/50

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Distribution of fabric type
“VEL-A-2”

production sampling

Representative sample for
“VEL-A-2”

M 6/84

There are 18 more samples assigned to fabric type
“VEL-A-2”.

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.)

Anfore e ceramica acroma dall'avamposto militare di Monte Turcisi (CT). Uno studio preliminare sulle provenienze: Introduzione Il modesto rilievo collinare alto 303 m, denominato ?Monte Turcisi?, si trova al confine settentrionale della Piana di Catania e ricade oggi nel comune di Castel Di Iudica, in provincia della città etnea. Le strutture di interesse archeologico su di esso affiornati riguardano principalmente i resti relatvi ad una fortezza militare di epoca greca e di un eremo del XVII sec. d.C.

Inclusions

Context Data