| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| fabric type |
EAST-AEG-A-5
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
East Aegean region |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeometric: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
red, granular; numerous fine to medium-sized white inclusions, some dark inclusions, micacious |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
2.5YR4/8 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,04-0,8 |
| inclusions |
10%, length: 0,04-1,2 |
| sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
very frequent, angular, spherical, clear, 0.04-1,2 |
|
mica |
riddled with |
|
grey inclusions |
frequent, dark grey, 0,04-0,24 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| vessel form type |
Amphora
Type Morel |
| fragmentation |
body |
| surface description |
coarse |
| chronology of object |
Greek-Classic |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Velia
Acropolis, trench 2/96; unit of stratification 15 |
| registration code of context |
215/96 |
| registration code of object |
215/96 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RVA007D |
| sample taken |
September 1996 |
| sample no |
M 6/112
 representative sample for EAST-AEG-A-5 |
| status of sample |
sample surplus, thin section and heavy mineral analysis surplus available |
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