BNAP-G-10

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	BNAP-G-10
ware	Glazed Wares
supposed site of production	Bay of Naples
certainty of arguments	archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break	reddish yellow, fine grained; many fine white inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	7.5YR6/6
texture of freshly broken surface	granular
hardness	hard
porosity	5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,025-0,5
inclusions	7,5%, length: 0,01-0,15
sorting	moderately sorted sand
	Inclusions
quartz	singular, angular, spherical, clear, 0,12
mica	frequent, angular, spherical; very elongate, white; dark, 0,01-0,08
calciumcarbonate	very frequent, well rounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0,025-0,25
black iron oxide concretions	infrequent, well rounded, spherical, brownish black; black, 0,025-0,15
red iron oxide concretions	infrequent, subangular, spherical, rusty brown, 0,025-0,4

vessel form type	Skyphos Morel F 4382
fragmentation	rim
dimensions	diameter: 15cm (rim); height: 8cm
surface description	glazed
chronology of object	2nd half 4th century B.C.
publication	Dewailly, Munzi 2011; Brun, Munzi, Leguilloux, and Cavassa (in print)
	Context Data
site of discovery	Cuma Cuma 2006, santuario periurbano settentrionale
chronology of context	Late 4th/early 3rd century B.C.

publication (of analysis)	CUMN 7
sample taken	May 2010, by Priscilla Munzi, Centre Jean Bérard
sample no	M 145/11 representative sample for BNAP-G-10

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Distribution of fabric type
“BNAP-G-10”

Cuma Bay of Naples

production sampling

Representative sample for
“BNAP-G-10”

M 145/11

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 Black Glaze Ware: The fabrics established below result from several sites in the Bay of Naples and from Velia as an example of the distribution area. Probably most important are 36 samples of Black Glaze Ware, which stem from the excavations of Piazza Nicola Amore in Naples?

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