FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 26/31 |
| fabric type |
PAE-C-2
|
| supposed site of production |
Paestum / Poseidonia |
| sample taken |
2017, by Bianca Ferrara |
| |
Context Data
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| site of discovery |
Paestum / Poseidonia Heraion at the Sele river mouth |
| registration code of object |
P168.4 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Coarse Wares ceramica comune depurata |
| object form |
Lid |
| chronology of object |
5th to 3rd c. BC |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
reddish yellow, core light gray, granular break, numerous fine white and dark particles, few large dark inclusions |
| colour of fresh break |
5YR 6/6, core 5YR 7/1 |
| texture of fresh break |
granular |
| hardness |
very hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
15%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0.05-2 |
| inclusions |
20%, length: 0.025-1.75 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
black inclusions |
frequent, rounded, subspherical, black, 0.1-0.5 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, rounded, subspherical, white; yellow; dark rimmed, 0.075-0.5 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
infrequent, well rounded, subspherical, white, 0.1-0.3 |
|
mica |
frequent, angular, spherical; very elongate, white; dark, 0.025-0.25 |
|
quartz |
frequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, clear; white, 0.05-0.5 |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, well rounded, subspherical, rust coloured, 1.5-1.75 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section, chemical analysis |
| analysis author |
Alberto De Bonis |
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