| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| fabric type |
CAMP-A-5
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
Campania |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
light brown - reddish yellow; irregular; numerous big brown inclusions and some very big white inclusions |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
7.5YR 6/4 - 6/6 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
irregular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
10%; void form: chambers; void length: 0.025-0.625 |
| inclusions |
5%, length: 0.025-1.5 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
frequent, angular, subspherical, white; gray, 0.025-0.5 |
|
mica |
infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.025-0.125 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0.025-0.375 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
frequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0.025-0.075 |
|
reddish inclusions |
frequent, subangular, subspherical, rust coloured; reddish brown, 0.025-1.5 |
|
black inclusions |
infrequent, subangular, subspherical, black, 0.025-0.125 |
|
more inclusions1 |
infrequent, rounded, subspherical, white, 0.025-5 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| vessel form type |
Amphora
Greco-Italic Amphorae with stamp of ?]AIOC/]PICT?N |
| fragmentation |
handle |
| surface description |
slipped
white,10YR8/2 |
| drawing |
 |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Velia
Fortifications, wall B, trench 7/97 |
| registration code of context |
703/97 |
| registration code of object |
703/97-139 |
| 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-C7 |
| sample taken |
July 2003, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| sample no |
M 10/40 |
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