BNAP-C-10

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	BNAP-C-10
ware	Coarse Wares
supposed site of production	Bay of Naples
certainty of arguments	archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break	brown, irregular; many fine white, some fine to large dark inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	7.5YR5/4
texture of freshly broken surface	irregular
hardness	hard
porosity	10%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,04-0,4
inclusions	7,5%, length: 0,02-1
sorting	unsorted
	Inclusions
quartz	infrequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, clear; white, 0,08-1
mica	frequent, angular, spherical, white; dark, 0,02-0,08
black iron oxide concretions	frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, brownish black, black, 0,2-1
red iron oxide concretions	infrequent, rounded, spherical, rusty brown, 0,025-0,5
white inclusions	infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0,025-0,75

vessel form type	Mortar
fragmentation	rim
dimensions	diameter: 31,2cm (rim); height: 8cm
surface description	coarse
chronology of object	Second quarter 4th/early 3rd century B.C.
publication	Dewailly, Munzi 201; Brun, Munzi, Leguilloux, and Cavassa (in print)
	Context Data
site of discovery	Cuma Cuma 2006, santuario periurbano settentrionale
registration code of object	700.137.31
chronology of context	Second quarter 4th/early 3rd century B.C.

publication (of analysis)	CUMN 10
sample taken	May 2010, by Priscilla Munzi, Centre Jean Bérard
sample no	M 145/4 representative sample for BNAP-C-10

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Distribution of fabric type
“BNAP-C-10”

Cuma Bay of Naples

production sampling

Representative sample for
“BNAP-C-10”

M 145/4

Pottery Production in the Bay of Naples ? Problems, History of Research and Current Strategies: For more than a thousand years the Bay of Naples was not only one of the most important and dynamic areas of the antique Mediterranean, but also a region well known for its production of pottery?

Pottery Production in the Bay of Naples ? The Coarse Wares: The fabrics established below result from several sites in the Bay of Naples. The denomination ?Coarse Ware? comprises the traditional ware groups ?ceramica commune depurata? and ?ceramica commune grezza? as well as the coarser Banded Ware ?ceramica a decorazione lineare??

Ceramiche comuni e vernici nere dal quartiere artigianale di Piazza Nicola Amore a Napoli: Il materiale preso in esame è stato rinvenuto nel corso delle indagini archeologiche realizzate a Napoli in occasione dei lavori per la costruzione della Stazione Duomo della linea 1 della Metropolitana di Napoli, a piazza Nicola Amore?

Inclusions

Context Data