| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| fabric type |
COR-C-1
|
| ware |
Coarse Wares |
| supposed site of production |
Corinth |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeometric: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
pink, smooth; numerous large gray inclusions |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
7.5YR7/4 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
smooth |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
2,5%; void form: channel; void length: 0,08-1,6 |
| inclusions |
10%, length: 0,02-1 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
infrequent, angular, subelongate, grey, 0,08-1,5 |
|
mica |
infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,02-0,04 |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, rust coloured, 0,2-0,32 |
|
grey inclusions |
very frequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, dark grey, 0,28-1 |
|
white inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, subspherical, white with brown rim, 0,25 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| vessel form type |
Mortar
cf. Gassner 2003, "Mortarium mit Hängelippe" |
| fragmentation |
base |
| dimensions |
diameter: 18cm (bottom) |
| surface description |
coarse
interior: sand covered |
| chronology of object |
Greek-Classic |
| publication |
Gassner 2003, cat. no. IIa.190, pl. 23 |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Velia
Late Archaic mudbrick houses beneath Insula II, trench 10-2/88 |
| registration code of context |
28/88 |
| registration code of object |
28/88-5 |
| chronology of context |
Gassner 2003; phase IIa |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RVGK08 |
| sample taken |
July 1996, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| sample no |
M 3/84
 representative sample for COR-C-1 |
| status of sample |
sample surplus, thin section and heavy mineral analysis surplus available |
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