BNAP-G-5

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	BNAP-G-5
ware	Glazed Wares
supposed site of production	Bay of Naples
certainty of arguments	archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break	pink, fine grained; no visible inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	7.5YR7/4
texture of freshly broken surface	fine
hardness	hard
porosity	3%; void form: channel; vughy; void length: 0,02-0,3
inclusions	5%, length: 0,01-0,25
sorting	unsorted
	Inclusions
quartz	frequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, clear; grey, 0,05-0,25
mica	very frequent, angular, spherical; very elongate, white; dark, 0,01-0,08
carbonate pseudomorphoses	riddled with, rounded, spherical, white, 0,01-0,02
reddish inclusions	frequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subelongate, reddish brown, 0,02-0,25
black inclusions	frequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, black, 0,02-0,2

vessel form type	Cup Morel 2762
fragmentation	base
dimensions	diameter: 7,2cm (bottom); height: 3cm
surface description	glazed
chronology of object	Late 4th/early 3rd century B.C.
publication	Tomeo 2007, 64 no. 40
	Context Data
site of discovery	Cuma Tempio con portico
registration code of context	US K2.2238
registration code of object	US K2.2238-32
chronology of context	3rd century B.C.

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 142/141

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Distribution of fabric type
“BNAP-G-5”

Cuma Cuma Bay of Naples Bay of Naples

production sampling

Representative sample for
“BNAP-G-5”

M 142/14

There are 1 more sample assigned to fabric type
“BNAP-G-5”.

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Inclusions

Context Data