| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
fabric type |
COR-A-3
|
ware |
Transport Amphorae |
supposed site of production |
Corinth |
certainty of arguments |
archaeometric: not certain |
visual excamination of fresh break |
reddish yellow, granular; numerous fine white inclusions, sporadic very large white and dark brown angular inclusions, some medium-sized to large dark gray inclusions |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
7.5YR7/6 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,08-0,84 |
inclusions |
20%, length: 0,04-4 |
sorting |
bimodal: well sorted sand in well sorted silt |
|
Inclusions
|
quartz |
infrequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, clear, 0.08-0,48 |
calciumcarbonate |
very frequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0.12-0.6 |
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical - elongate, light red, 0,2-2,4 |
grey inclusions |
infrequent, angular, spherical, dark grey, 0,04-0,44 |
brown inclusions |
frequent, subangular, spherical - subelongate, rusty brown, 0,2-1,6 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
vessel form type |
Amphora type Corinthian A' |
fragmentation |
rim |
surface description |
coarse |
chronology of object |
Greek-Classic |
|
Context Data
|
site of discovery |
Velia Crossroad |
registration code of context |
27/90 |
registration code of object |
27/90-53 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
petrographic mineralogical type |
RVA04C |
sample taken |
July 1997, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
sample no |
M 6/118 representative sample for COR-A-3 |
status of sample |
sample surplus and thin section surplus available |
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