| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| fabric type |
CAL-G-1
|
| ware |
Glazed Wares |
| supposed site of production |
Calabria |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeometric: not certain, archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
light brown, hard, fine; some mica |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
7.5YR6/4 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
fine |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
5%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0,08-0,8 |
| inclusions |
3%, length: 0,01-0,15 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
mica |
frequent, angular, spherical; very elongate, white; dark, 0,02-0,08 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
very frequent, rounded, very spherical, yellowish white, 0,02-0,15 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
frequent, rounded, very spherical, white, 0,01-0,04 |
|
black inclusions |
infrequent, well rounded, subspherical, black, 0,02-0,08 |
|
brown inclusions |
infrequent, angular, subspherical, dark brown, 0,05-0,16 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| vessel form type |
Cupskyphos |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| dimensions |
diameter: 12cm (rim) |
| surface description |
glazed
shining very dark gray glaze, 7.5YRN3, partly peeled, brown mottles |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Velia
Late Archaic mudbrick houses beneath Insula II |
| registration code of context |
793/91 |
| registration code of object |
793/91-1 |
| chronology of context |
Gassner 2003, phase Ic |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RVG 09 |
| sample taken |
July 1994, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| sample no |
M 2/20
 representative sample for CAL-G-1 |
| status of sample |
sample surplus available |
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