| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| fabric type |
CHI-A-3
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
Chios |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeometric: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
reddish yellow, granular; numerous fine, few large white inclusions, some large rusty red inclusions |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
5YR6/6 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,08-0,6 |
| inclusions |
5%, length: 0,04-0,4 |
| sorting |
bimodal: well sorted sand in well sorted silt |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
infrequent, angular - subangular, spherical - subspherical, clear; white, 0,1-0,5 |
|
mica |
frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,02-0,04 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, rounded, subelongate, white, 0.04-0.4 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
riddled with, well rounded, spherical, white, 0,04 |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, rust coloured, 0,1-0,25 |
|
black inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, black, 0,04-0,2 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| vessel form type |
Amphora
Chian amphora |
| fragmentation |
rim – including body fragment |
| surface description |
coarse |
| chronology of object |
Greek-Classic |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Velia
Late Archaic mudbrick houses beneath Insula II, trench 10-2/88 |
| registration code of context |
27/88 |
| registration code of object |
27/88 - 10 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RVA006A |
| sample taken |
September 1996, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| sample no |
M 6/108
 representative sample for CHI-A-3 |
| status of sample |
sample surplus, thin section and heavy mineral analysis surplus available |
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