BNAP-C-6

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	BNAP-C-6
ware	Coarse Wares
supposed site of production	Bay of Naples
visual excamination of fresh break	light brown, granular; few fine white inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	7.5YR6/4
texture of freshly broken surface	granular
hardness	hard
porosity	7,5%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0,01-1,85
inclusions	7,5%, length: 0,01-0,5
sorting	unsorted
	Inclusions
quartz	infrequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, clear; gray, 0,07-0,25
mica	frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,01
calciumcarbonate	infrequent, subangular - rounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0,05-0,25
carbonate pseudomorphoses	frequent, rounded - subrounde, spherical - subspherical, white, 0,02-0,12
reddish inclusions	frequent, subrounded - rounded, spherical - subelongate, reddish brown, 0,02-0,2
black inclusions	frequent, subangular - rounded, subspherical - elongate, black, 0,02-0,2
foraminifera	singular, rounded, subspherical, white, 0,5

vessel form type	Jug Situla
fragmentation	rim
dimensions	diameter: 15,2cm (rim); height: 11cm
surface description	coarse pale reddish brown
publication	Febbraro, Giampaola 2009, fig.11.1
	Context Data
site of discovery	Naples Piazza Nicola Amore
registration code of context	US 1840
registration code of object	MND 1840

sample taken	November 2011, by Daniela Giampaola, Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei
sample no	M 152/15

Cite this page as: FACEM - http://facem.at/m-152-15

Distribution of fabric type
“BNAP-C-6”

Naples Naples Naples Naples Naples Bay of Naples Bay of Naples Bay of Naples Bay of Naples Bay of Naples

production sampling

Representative sample for
“BNAP-C-6”

M 152/3

There are 4 more samples assigned to fabric type
“BNAP-C-6”.

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