| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
fabric type |
BNAP-C-3
|
ware |
Coarse Wares |
supposed site of production |
Bay of Naples |
certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
visual excamination of fresh break |
light brown, granular; some small white and dark inclusions |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
7.5YR6/4 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
10%; void form: vughy; chambers; void length: 0,01-0,57 |
inclusions |
20%, length: 0,01-0,6 |
sorting |
bimodal: well sorted sand in well sorted silt |
|
Inclusions
|
quartz |
frequent, angular - subrounded, spherical - subelongate, clear; gray, 0,05-0,55 |
mica |
frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,01 |
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
riddled with, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0,01-0,07 |
reddish inclusions |
frequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subelongate, reddish brown, 0,02-0,35 |
black inclusions |
frequent, subangular - rounded, spherical - subspherical, black, 0,05-0,6 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
vessel form type |
Basin |
fragmentation |
rim |
dimensions |
diameter: 39cm (rim); height: 17cm |
surface description |
coarse greenish light brown |
chronology of object |
Greek-Hellenistic-Middle Hellenistic End of 3rd - first half 2nd century B.C. |
publication |
Febbraro, Giampaola 2009, fig.13.4 |
|
Context Data
|
site of discovery |
Naples Piazza Nicola Amore |
registration code of context |
US 1601 |
registration code of object |
MND 1601 |
chronology of context |
Early 2nd century B.C. |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
sample taken |
November 2011, by Daniela Giampaola, Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei |
sample no |
M 152/23 |
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