| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| fabric type |
EAST-AEG-A-3
|
| fabric previously published as |
A 37 |
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
East Aegean region |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeometric: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
yellowish red, core: dark gray; few medium-sized white inclusions |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
5YR5/6, core: 10YR4/1 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
7.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,08-0,8 |
| inclusions |
5%, length: 0,2-0,8 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
frequent, angular, spherical, clear; white, 0.2-0,6 |
|
mica |
frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,04 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, rounded, subspherical, yellowish white, 0,08-0,3 |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, rust coloured, 0,2-0,3 |
|
black inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, black, 0,04-0,25 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| vessel form type |
Amphora
Samian type |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| surface description |
coarse |
| chronology of object |
Greek-Classic |
| publication |
Gassner 2005, fig. 2 ("there erroneously published as 50/98-12") |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Velia
Crossroad, trench 1/89 |
| registration code of context |
50/89 |
| registration code of object |
50/89-12 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RVA007B |
| sample taken |
July 1994, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| sample no |
M 6/86
 representative sample for EAST-AEG-A-3 |
| status of sample |
no remains |
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