BNAP-G-7

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	BNAP-G-7
ware	Glazed Wares
supposed site of production	Bay of Naples
certainty of arguments	archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break	pink to reddish yellow, fine; some fine dark inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	5YR7/4 - 5YR6/6-7/6
texture of freshly broken surface	fine
hardness	hard
porosity	2,5%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0,01-0,45
inclusions	1%, length: 0,01-0,15
sorting	unsorted
	Inclusions
quartz	infrequent, subangular, spherical - subspherical, clear, 0,02-0,08
mica	frequent, angular, spherical; very elongate, white; dark, 0,01-0,12
carbonate pseudomorphoses	frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0,02-0,08
reddish inclusions	infrequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, reddish brown, 0,02-0,1
black inclusions	infrequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, black, 0,02-0,07
foraminifera	singular, subangular, spherical, white, 0,15

vessel form type	Skyphos Morel 4380
fragmentation	base
dimensions	diameter: 10,5cm (bottom); height: 4cm
surface description	glazed
chronology of object	Late 4th century B.C./early 3rd century B.C.
	Context Data
site of discovery	Cuma Tempio con portico
registration code of context	US K2.2225
registration code of object	US K2.2225-41
chronology of context	1st 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 142/57

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Distribution of fabric type
“BNAP-G-7”

Cuma Cuma Cuma Cuma Cuma Cuma Bay of Naples Bay of Naples Bay of Naples Bay of Naples Bay of Naples Bay of Naples

production sampling

Representative sample for
“BNAP-G-7”

M 142/19

There are 5 more samples assigned to fabric type
“BNAP-G-7”.

Pottery Production in the Bay of Naples ? Problems, History of Research and Current Strategies: For more than a thousand years the Bay of Naples was not only one of the most important and dynamic areas of the antique Mediterranean, but also a region well known for its production of pottery?

Pottery Production in the Bay of Naples ? The Black Glaze Ware: The fabrics established below result from several sites in the Bay of Naples and from Velia as an example of the distribution area. Probably most important are 36 samples of Black Glaze Ware, which stem from the excavations of Piazza Nicola Amore in Naples?

Ceramiche comuni e vernici nere dal quartiere artigianale di Piazza Nicola Amore a Napoli: Il materiale preso in esame è stato rinvenuto nel corso delle indagini archeologiche realizzate a Napoli in occasione dei lavori per la costruzione della Stazione Duomo della linea 1 della Metropolitana di Napoli, a piazza Nicola Amore?

Inclusions

Context Data