| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
fabric type |
BNAP-G-4
|
ware |
Glazed Wares |
supposed site of production |
Bay of Naples |
certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
visual excamination of fresh break |
pale brown to light yellowish brown, granular; riddled with very fine white inclusions, some fine dark inclusions |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
10YR6/4-7/4 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
2,5-5%; void form: vughy; chambers; void length: 0,02-0,5 |
inclusions |
5%, length: 0,01-0,5 |
sorting |
unsorted |
|
Inclusions
|
quartz |
frequent, angular - subrounded, spherical - elongate, clear; gray, 0,05-0,5 |
mica |
very frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,01 |
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, white; yellow core, 0,05-0,1 |
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
riddled with, rounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0,02-0,1 |
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, ounded - subrounded, spherical - subelongate, reddish brown, 0,01-0,1 |
black inclusions |
frequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subelongate, black, 0,02-0,2 |
foraminifera |
frequent |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
vessel form type |
Cup |
fragmentation |
rim |
dimensions |
height: 2cm |
surface description |
glazed |
|
Context Data
|
site of discovery |
Cuma Tempio con portico |
registration code of context |
US K2.2248 |
registration code of object |
US K2.2248-8 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
applied method for sample analysis |
thin section |
sample taken |
November 2011, by Giovanna Greco, L'Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II |
sample no |
M 142/113 |
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