BNAP-G-2

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	BNAP-G-2
ware	Glazed Wares Campana A
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	2,5%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0,02-0,2
inclusions	12,5%, length: 0,01-0,25
sorting	unsorted
	Inclusions
quartz	frequent, angular, spherical, clear, 0,07-0,27
mica	frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,01-0,25
calciumcarbonate	singular, rounded, subspherical, white, 0,07
carbonate pseudomorphoses	very frequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0,01-0,07
black inclusions	frequent, subangular - rounded, spherical - subspherical, black, 0,02-0,15
foraminifera	infrequent, subrounded, subspherical - elongate, white, 0,1-0,55

vessel form type	Cup Morel 2784
fragmentation	base
dimensions	diameter: 5,5cm (bottom); height: 2cm
surface description	glazed matt black glaze, mottled red, bottom reserved
chronology of object	Greek-Hellenistic-Middle Hellenistic 2nd century B.C.
	Context Data
site of discovery	Naples Piazza Nicola Amore
registration code of context	US 1607
registration code of object	MND 1607
chronology of context	Early 2nd century B.C.

sample taken	November 2011, by Daniela Giampaola, Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei
sample no	M 151/5

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Distribution of fabric type
“BNAP-G-2”

production sampling

Representative sample for
“BNAP-G-2”

M 151/15

There are 13 more samples assigned to fabric type
“BNAP-G-2”.

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