| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
fabric type |
BNAP-A-8
|
ware |
Transport Amphorae |
supposed site of production |
Bay of Naples |
visual excamination of fresh break |
reddish yellow, core: dark gray, granular; numerous fine to medium-sized white particles, some medium-sized to large dark brown inclusions, mica |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
5YR6/8, core: 7.5YR 4/0 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
7.5%; void form: channel; vughy; void length: 0.025-0.5 |
inclusions |
20%, length: 0.025-0.875 |
sorting |
unsorted |
|
Inclusions
|
quartz |
frequent, angular, subspherical, white, 0.025-0.875 |
mica |
infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.025-0.25 |
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0.025-0.625 |
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0.025-0.05 |
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, subrounded, subspherical, rust coloured, 0.025-0.5 |
black inclusions |
frequent, very angular, subelongate - subspherical, black, 0.025-0.5 |
more inclusions2 |
infrequent, very angular, subelongate - subspherical, light green, 0.025-0.375 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
vessel form type |
Amphora Greco-Italic amphora, Gassner rim type 10 |
fragmentation |
rim |
surface description |
coarse 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 525/98 |
registration code of context |
525/4/98 |
registration code of object |
525/4/98-124 |
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-C2a |
sample taken |
July 2003, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
sample no |
M 10/34 |
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