| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
fabric type |
BNAP-A-6
|
ware |
Transport Amphorae |
supposed site of production |
Bay of Naples |
visual excamination of fresh break |
light brown; granular; numerous fine to medium-sized black inclusions |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
7.5YR 6/4 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.025-0.625 |
inclusions |
7.5%, length: 0.025-0.875 |
sorting |
unsorted |
|
Inclusions
|
quartz |
frequent, angular, subspherical, clear, 0.025-0.25 |
mica |
infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.025-0.2 |
calciumcarbonate |
riddled with, rounded, spherical, white, 0.025-0.25 |
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
very frequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0.025-0.325 |
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, subangular, subspherical, reddish brown, 0.025-0.5 |
black inclusions |
infrequent, angular, subspherical, black, 0.025-0.5 |
more inclusions2 |
singular, angular, subspherical, light green, 0.025-0.275 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
vessel form type |
Amphora Greco-Italic amphora, Gassner rim type 10 |
fragmentation |
rim |
dimensions |
diameter: 12cm (rim) |
surface description |
smoothed pink,7.5YR7/4 |
chronology of object |
Greek-Hellenistic Second third of the 3rd c. B.C. |
drawing |
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|
Context Data
|
site of discovery |
Velia Fortifications, wall B, trench 2/99 |
registration code of context |
209/99 |
registration code of object |
209/99-385 |
chronology of context |
Velia phase D2 (275-250) |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
petrographic mineralogical type |
PG-C1 |
sample taken |
July 2003, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
sample no |
M 10/45 representative sample for BNAP-A-6 |
status of sample |
whole sample available |
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