| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| fabric type |
EAST-AEG-A-1
|
| fabric previously published as |
A 17 |
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
East Aegean region |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
reddish brown, granular; some fine white inclusions, mica |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
5YR6/6 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
infrequent, angular, spherical, clear; white, 0,08-0,3 |
|
mica |
infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,04 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0,04-0,2 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
infrequent, well rounded, spherical, white, 0,04 |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, rust coloured, 0,08-0,2 |
|
black inclusions |
frequent, rounded, spherical, black, 0,04-0,08 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| vessel form type |
Amphora
Samian type |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| dimensions |
diameter: 14,3cm (rim) |
| surface description |
slipped
thin pinkish white slip, 7.5YR8/2 |
| chronology of object |
Greek-Classic |
| publication |
Gassner 2003, cat. no. III.28, pl. 42 |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Velia
Late Archaic mudbrick houses beneath Insula II |
| registration code of context |
607/91 |
| registration code of object |
607/91 |
| chronology of context |
Gassner 2003, phase IIIa |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RVA007 |
| sample taken |
November 1993, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| sample no |
M 6/10
 representative sample for EAST-AEG-A-1 |
| status of sample |
sample surplus, thin section and heavy mineral analysis surplus available |
Cite this page as: FACEM - http://facem.at/east-aeg-a-1
production
sampling
