| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
fabric type |
BNAP-A-6
|
ware |
Transport Amphorae |
supposed site of production |
Bay of Naples |
visual excamination of fresh break |
light reddish brown; granular; many large to medium-sized dark inclusions, few small to medium-sized white inclusions |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
7.5YR6/4 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
10%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.025-0.5 |
inclusions |
25%, length: 0.025-1.25 |
sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
|
Inclusions
|
quartz |
frequent, subangular, subspherical, clear; gray, 0.025-0.625 |
mica |
infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.025-0.125 |
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0.025-0.25 |
reddish inclusions |
frequent, subangular, subspherical, reddish brown, 0.025-0.375 |
black inclusions |
frequent, angular, subelongate, black, 0.05-1.25 |
more inclusions2 |
singular, angular, subelongate, light green, 0.025-0.125 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
vessel form type |
Amphora Greco-Italic amphora, Gassner rim type 11 |
fragmentation |
rim |
dimensions |
diameter: 13cm (rim) |
surface description |
smoothed pink, 7.5YR7/4 |
chronology of object |
Greek-Hellenistic First quarter of the 2nd c. B.C. |
drawing |
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Context Data
|
site of discovery |
Velia Fortifications, wall B, trench 5/98, unit of stratification 523/98 |
registration code of context |
523/98 |
registration code of object |
523/98-68 |
chronology of context |
Velia phase E (225-150) |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
petrographic mineralogical type |
PG-C1n |
sample taken |
June 2003, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
sample no |
M 10/31 |
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