| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| fabric type |
NA-REG-CBM-2
|
| ware |
Ceramic Building Materials |
| supposed site of production |
Naples region |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeometric: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
pink, granular; numerous middle-sized to very large dark gray and reddish brown particles, few small white inclusions |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
7.5YR7/4 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
7%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0,08-0,6 |
| inclusions |
20%, length: 0,2-2 |
| sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
frequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, clear, 0.2-0,8 |
|
mica |
frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,02-0,04 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, rounded, subelongate, white, 0.2-1 |
|
reddish inclusions |
singular, rounded, spherical, rust coloured, 0,08 |
|
black inclusions |
frequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, black, 0,08-1 |
|
brown inclusions |
frequent, rounded, spherical - subelongate, brown, 0,2-2 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| vessel form type |
Tile (cross tile) |
| fragmentation |
body |
| surface description |
coarse |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Velia
Theatre |
| registration code of context |
2730/94 |
| registration code of object |
2730/94 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RVZ08 |
| sample taken |
July 1996, by Maria Trapichler, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| sample no |
M 8/45 |
| status of sample |
sample surplus, thin section and heavy mineral analysis surplus available |
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