| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| fabric type |
PAE-A-3
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
Velia |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeometric: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
red, granular; numerous white, brown and black inclusions |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
2.5YR6/8 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
2%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,08-0,36 |
| inclusions |
5%, length: 0.28-1.6 |
| sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
very frequent, angular, spherical, clear; white, 0.4-1 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
singular, rounded, subelongate, greyish white, 1.6 |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, red, 0.28 |
|
black inclusions |
frequent, rounded, spherical, black |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| vessel form type |
Amphora
Western Greek amphora, Gassner's rim 3 |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| surface description |
slipped
brown |
| chronology of object |
Greek-Classic |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Velia
Insula II, room 10, ditch for the foundation |
| registration code of context |
210/89 |
| registration code of object |
210/89-12 |
| chronology of context |
residual in Roman context |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
a |
| sample taken |
June 28, 1989, by Hannah Liko, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| sample no |
M 10/23 |
| status of sample |
no remains |
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