| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
fabric type |
VEL-A-5
|
ware |
Transport Amphorae |
supposed site of production |
Velia |
certainty of arguments |
archaeometric: certain |
visual excamination of fresh break |
yellowish red, granular; many fine to large white inclusions, some medium-sized red and dark grey inclusions, mica |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
5YR4/6 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
3.5%; void form: channel; void length: 0.08-2.4 |
inclusions |
3.5%, length: 0.2-0.6 |
sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
|
Inclusions
|
quartz |
frequent, angular, spherical, clear, 0.2-0.4 |
reddish inclusions |
singular, rounded, subelongate, red, 0.6 |
black inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, black |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
vessel form type |
Amphora MGS IV (A) |
fragmentation |
rim |
dimensions |
diameter: 11.2cm (rim) |
surface description |
slipped pale yellow, 2.5YR8/3 |
chronology of object |
Greek-Hellenistic-Early Hellenistic |
publication |
Gassner et al. 2014, 240; cat.137, fig.28 |
|
Context Data
|
site of discovery |
Velia Insula II, room 10, ditch for the foundation |
registration code of context |
206/91 |
registration code of object |
206/91-32 |
chronology of context |
residual in Roman context Roman context |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
publication (of analysis) |
Gassner et al. 2014, 248 |
petrographic mineralogical type |
RVA001 |
sample taken |
June 14, 1991, by Hannah Liko, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
sample no |
M 10/9 |
status of sample |
whole sample available |
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