FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 6/6
representative sample for COR-A-1 |
| fabric type |
COR-A-1
|
| supposed site of production |
Corinth / Korinthos |
| fabric previously published as |
A 8 |
| sample taken |
November 1993, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Velia / Elea Late Archaic mudbrick houses beneath Insula II, trench 10-2/88 |
| registration code of context |
26/88 |
| registration code of object |
26/88-14 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| object form |
Amphora |
| object type |
handle fragment |
| chronology of object |
Greek-Classic |
| fragmentation |
handle |
| surface description |
coarse |
| publication |
Gassner 2003, cat. no. IIb.80, pl. 38 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
pink, subconchoidal; large brown and gray inclusions, few fine white inclusions |
| colour of fresh break |
7.5YR7/4 |
| texture of fresh break |
subconchoidal |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
2%; void form: channel; void length: 0.08-1.2 |
| inclusions |
16%, length: 0.2-4 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
black inclusions |
frequent, angular, spherical, black, 0.12-1.5 |
|
brown inclusions |
very frequent, very angular, spherical - subelongate, rusty brown, 0.12-1.8 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, rounded, spherical - subelongate, white, 0.2-1.2 |
|
mica |
infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.04 |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, rust coloured, 0.12-0.32 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RVA004a |
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