BNAP-A-8

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	BNAP-A-8
ware	Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production	Bay of Naples
certainty of arguments	archaeometric: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break	reddish brown; granular; numerous black particles
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	7.5YR5/4
texture of freshly broken surface	granular
hardness	hard
porosity	5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.025-0.75
inclusions	10%, length: 0.025-0.625
sorting	bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt
	Inclusions
quartz	infrequent, angular, subspherical, clear; gray, 0.025-0.625
mica	infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.025-0.25
calciumcarbonate	frequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0.025-0.25
carbonate pseudomorphoses	frequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0.025-0.5
reddish inclusions	singular, subrounded, spherical, reddish brown, 0.025-0.2
black inclusions	riddled with, angular, spherical, black, 0.025-0.625
more inclusions2	singular, angular, subspherical, light green, 0.025-0.375

vessel form type	Amphora Sourisseau 3
fragmentation	rim
dimensions	diameter: 16cm (rim)
surface description	slipped white
chronology of object	Greek-Classic 5th c. BC.
publication	Liko 2001a; Liko 2001b
drawing
	Context Data
site of discovery	Velia Insula II, room 10, ditch for the foundation
registration code of context	202/91
registration code of object	202/91-41

applied method for sample analysis	thin section and heavy mineral analysis
analysis author	Roman Sauer
petrographic mineralogical type	PG-C2
sample taken	June 13, 1991, by Hannah Liko, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University
sample no	M 10/8 representative sample for BNAP-A-8
status of sample	no remains

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Distribution of fabric type
“BNAP-A-8”

Velia Velia Bay of Naples Bay of Naples

production sampling

Representative sample for
“BNAP-A-8”

M 10/8

There are 1 more sample assigned to fabric type
“BNAP-A-8”.

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Inclusions

Context Data