| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| fabric type |
[no fabric code]
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
reddish brown; irregular; several white and rust colored inclusions |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
5 YR 5/4 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
irregular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
7.5%; void form: vughy; chambers; void length: 0.025-0.5 |
| inclusions |
15%, length: 0.025-1 |
| sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
infrequent, subrounded, subspherical, white; gray, 0.025-1 |
|
mica |
infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.025-0.125 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
frequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0.025-0.375 |
|
reddish inclusions |
frequent, subrounded, subspherical, rust coloured, 0.025-1 |
|
black inclusions |
infrequent, subangular, spherical, black, 0.025-0.25 |
|
more inclusions1 |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0.025-0.375 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| vessel form type |
Amphora |
| |
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 |
| sample taken |
by Maria Trapichler, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| sample no |
M 137/6 |
Cite this page as: FACEM - http://facem.at/m-137-6
