CdE-A-1

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	CdE-A-1
ware	Transport Amphorae
certainty of arguments	archaeometric: not certain
visual excamination of fresh break	light yellowish brown, core: reddish yellow, granular; sporadic large white and dark brown particles, few fine white and red inclusions, mica
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	10YR6/4, core: 5YR7/6
texture of freshly broken surface	granular
hardness	hard
porosity	5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,2
inclusions	20%, length: 0,04-0,4
sorting	bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt
	Inclusions
quartz	riddled with, angular, subelongate, clear, 0.08-0,4
mica	infrequent
reddish inclusions	infrequent, rounded, subelongate, red, 0,04-0,2
black inclusions	frequent, rounded, subelongate, black

vessel form type	Amphora Ramon T-11.2.1.3.
fragmentation	rim
surface description	coarse
chronology of object	Greek-Classic
	Context Data
site of discovery	Velia Crossroad, trench 1/89
registration code of context	17/89
registration code of object	17/89-50

applied method for sample analysis	thin section and heavy mineral analysis
analysis author	Roman Sauer
petrographic mineralogical type	RVA012
sample taken	July 1994, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University
sample no	M 6/66 representative sample for CdE-A-1
status of sample	thin section and heavy mineral analysis surplus available

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Distribution of fabric type
“CdE-A-1”

Velia

production sampling

Representative sample for
“CdE-A-1”

M 6/66

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Inclusions

Context Data