| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
fabric type |
CAL-A-4
|
ware |
Transport Amphorae |
supposed site of production |
Calabria |
certainty of arguments |
archaeometric: quite certain |
visual excamination of fresh break |
reddish yellow, fine; few medium-sized white, some medium-sized brown inclusions |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
5YR7/6 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
fine |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
3.5%; void form: channel; void length: 0,2-1.2 |
inclusions |
3.5%, length: 0.12-1.6 |
sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
|
Inclusions
|
quartz |
very frequent, angular, spherical, clear; white, 0.16-1.6 |
mica |
singular |
black inclusions |
singular, rounded, subelongate, black |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
vessel form type |
Amphora MGS III |
fragmentation |
rim |
dimensions |
diameter: 19cm (rim) |
surface description |
coarse pink, 7.5YR8/4 |
chronology of object |
Greek-Hellenistic |
|
Context Data
|
site of discovery |
Velia Insula II, room 10, ditch for the foundation |
registration code of context |
3020/92 |
registration code of object |
3020/92-57 |
chronology of context |
disturbed 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 |
cx |
sample taken |
September 15, 1992, by Hannah Liko, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
sample no |
M 10/6 |
status of sample |
no remains |
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