| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| fabric type |
BNAP-A-2
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
Bay of Naples |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
grayish - light orange; irregular; some dark inclusions and mica |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
10 YR 6/2 - 5YR 6/6 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
irregular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
10%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.025-0.75 |
| inclusions |
10%, length: 0.025-0.375 |
| sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
frequent, angular, spherical, clear, 0.025-0.75 |
|
mica |
frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.025-0.125 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
frequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0.025-0.125 |
|
reddish inclusions |
frequent, subrounded, subspherical, reddish brown, 0.025-0.5 |
|
black inclusions |
frequent, angular, subspherical, black, 0.025-0.375 |
|
more inclusions1 |
frequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0.025-0.25 |
|
more inclusions2 |
singular, angular, subspherical, light green, 0.025-0.375 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| vessel form type |
Amphora
Sourisseau 4 |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| dimensions |
diameter: 10cm (rim) |
| chronology of object |
Greek-Classic
End of the 5th - beginning of the 4th c. B.C. |
| publication |
Gassner and Scoppetta 2014, cat. 16, pl. 2, pl. 3b |
| drawing |
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| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Naples
Piazza Nicola Amore |
| registration code of context |
US 1826D |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
PG-C1 |
| sample taken |
by Maria Trapichler, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| sample no |
M 137/2 |
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