BNAP-C-9

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	BNAP-C-9
ware	Coarse Wares Ceramica a decorazione lineare
supposed site of production	Bay of Naples
visual excamination of fresh break	pink and gray, granular; some fine to mid-sized white and dark inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	7.5YR7/4; 7.5YRN4/
texture of freshly broken surface	smooth
hardness	hard
porosity	5%; void form: vughy; vesicular; channel; void length: 0,01-0,75
inclusions	7,5%, length: 0,01-1,25
sorting	unsorted
	Inclusions
quartz	frequent, angular - subrounded, spherical - elongate, clear; white; gray, 0,05-1,25
mica	frequent, angular, spherical; very elongate, white; dark, 0,01-0,12
reddish inclusions	infrequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, reddish brown, 0,01-0,6
black inclusions	frequent, angular - subrangular, spherical - subelongate, black, 0,02-0,3
more inclusions1	singular, rounded, spherical, black; glassy, 0,8

vessel form type	Pot
fragmentation	rim
dimensions	diameter: 19,6cm (rim); height: 3cm
surface description	slipped engobe beige; exterior: slipped, 10YR5/2; partly flaked off
chronology of object	End of 6th century B.C.
	Context Data
site of discovery	Cuma Tempio con portico
registration code of context	US K2.2302
registration code of object	K2.2302.72
chronology of context	1st century B.C.

sample taken	November 2011, by Giovanna Greco, L'Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
sample no	M 143/87

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Distribution of fabric type
“BNAP-C-9”

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

production sampling

Representative sample for
“BNAP-C-9”

M 145/2

There are 4 more samples assigned to fabric type
“BNAP-C-9”.

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