| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| fabric type |
CAL-A-3
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeometric: not certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
pink, granular; some fine black inclusions, few large dark brown inclusions, mica |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
7.5YR7/4 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
2.5%; void form: channel; void length: 0,08-0.48 |
| inclusions |
5%, length: 0.24-1.2 |
| sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
infrequent, angular, spherical, clear; white, 0.24 |
|
reddish inclusions |
frequent, rounded, subelongate, light red, 1.2 |
|
black inclusions |
very frequent, rounded, subelongate, black |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| vessel form type |
Amphora
Late Graeco-Italic amphora |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| dimensions |
diameter: 12cm (rim) |
| surface description |
coarse
reddish yellow, 7.5YR7/6 |
| chronology of object |
Greek-Hellenistic-Late Hellenistic |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Velia
Insula II, room 10, ditch for the foundation |
| registration code of context |
613/90 |
| registration code of object |
613/91-46 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
xy |
| sample taken |
September 6, 1990, by Hannah Liko, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| sample no |
M 10/13 |
| status of sample |
no remains |
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