BNAP-G-1

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	BNAP-G-1
ware	Glazed Wares
supposed site of production	Bay of Naples
certainty of arguments	archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break	reddish yellow, fine
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	7.5YR6/6
texture of freshly broken surface	fine
hardness	hard
porosity	5%; void form: vughy; chambers; void length: 0,02-1,5
inclusions	1%, length: 0,01-0,5
sorting	unsorted
	Inclusions
mica	frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,01
carbonate pseudomorphoses	frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0,02-0,05
black inclusions	infrequent, subangular, spherical - subspherical, black, 0,05-0,3
grey inclusions	singular, subangular, subspherical, grey, 0,17
foraminifera	singular, rounded, subspherical, white, 0,15
more inclusions1	singular, rounded, spherical, yellow, 0,5

vessel form type	Cup Morel 2737
fragmentation	rim
dimensions	diameter: 9,4cm (rim); height: 2cm
surface description	glazed matt black glaze, mottled reddish brown
chronology of object	Greek-Hellenistic-Middle Hellenistic Second half of 2nd century B.C.
	Context Data
site of discovery	Naples Piazza Nicola Amore
registration code of context	US 1634
registration code of object	MND 1634
chronology of context	Mid - second half of 2nd century B.C.

sample taken	November 2011, by Daniela Giampaola, Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei
sample no	M 151/25

Cite this page as: FACEM - http://facem.at/m-151-25

Distribution of fabric type
“BNAP-G-1”

Naples Velia Velia Velia Naples Naples Naples Naples Bay of Naples Bay of Naples 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-1”

M 151/2

There are 7 more samples assigned to fabric type
“BNAP-G-1”.

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