| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
fabric type |
VEL-A-2
|
ware |
Transport Amphorae |
supposed site of production |
Velia |
certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
visual excamination of fresh break |
colour brown, reddish brown, texture coarse, numerous, fine to large inclusions: white, grey, brown, mica, voids |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
exterior and interior red 2.5 YR 5/6, core weak red 2.5 YR 4/2 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
7.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.04-1.6 |
inclusions |
20%, length: <0.04-1.2 |
|
Inclusions
|
quartz |
very frequent, rounded,subangular - angular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, elongate, very elongate, white, grey, clear, 0.04-1.2 |
mica |
infrequent, spherical, angular, elongate, white, <0.04-0.04 |
reddish inclusions |
singular, well rounded, spherical, redish brown, 0.32 |
black inclusions |
very frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.4 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
vessel form type |
Amphora MGS III/Gassner 8a |
fragmentation |
rim |
dimensions |
diameter: 12.6cm (rim) |
chronology of object |
Greek-Hellenistic 330-280 B.C.E. |
publication |
Bechtold 2013c, fig. 21,5. |
drawing |
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Context Data
|
site of discovery |
Selinunte / Selinus temple B |
registration code of context |
saggio L, US 1 fond |
registration code of object |
saggio L, US 1 fondo, P10.183 |
chronology of context |
310-290 B.C.E. |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
sample taken |
2011, by Babette Bechtold, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University |
sample no |
M 154/51 |
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