BNAP-C-12

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	BNAP-C-12
ware	Coarse Wares Ceramica a decorazione lineare
supposed site of production	Bay of Naples
certainty of arguments	archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break	reddish yellow, fine; few fine white inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	5YR6/6
texture of freshly broken surface	fine
hardness	hard
porosity	2,5%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0,01-0,72
inclusions	2%, length: 0,01-0,27
sorting	unsorted
	Inclusions
quartz	infrequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, clear; white, 0,05-0,27
mica	frequent, angular, spherical - very elongate, white: dark, 0,01-0,08
reddish inclusions	infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, reddish brown, 0,04-0,12
black inclusions	infrequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical, black, 0,01-0,05
foraminifera	infrequent, well rounded, spherical, white, 0,12-0,25
more inclusions1	singular, angular, spherical, black; glassy, 0,12

vessel form type	Cup
fragmentation	rim
surface description	coarse
	Context Data
site of discovery	Cuma Tempio con portico
registration code of context	US K2.2476
registration code of object	US K2. 2476-36

sample taken	November 2011, by Giovanna Greco, L'Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
sample no	M 143/81

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Distribution of fabric type
“BNAP-C-12”

Cuma Cuma Bay of Naples Bay of Naples

production sampling

Representative sample for
“BNAP-C-12”

M 145/17

There are 1 more sample assigned to fabric type
“BNAP-C-12”.

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 Coarse Wares: The fabrics established below result from several sites in the Bay of Naples. The denomination ?Coarse Ware? comprises the traditional ware groups ?ceramica commune depurata? and ?ceramica commune grezza? as well as the coarser Banded Ware ?ceramica a decorazione lineare??

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