VEL-A-3

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	VEL-A-3
ware	Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production	Velia
certainty of arguments	archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break	colour light red, texture middle fine and compact, numerous fine and some large inclusions: white, grey, red, black, mica, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	light red 2.5 YR 6/8
texture of freshly broken surface	irregular
hardness	hard
porosity	5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.04-0.48
inclusions	15%, length: <0.04-1.8
sorting	bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt
	Inclusions
quartz	frequent, well rounded - rounded, angular, spherical - subspherical, elongate, very elongate, grey, clear, white, 0.06-0.52
mica	very frequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04
calciumcarbonate	infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, white, grey, 0.06-0.14
carbonate pseudomorphoses	infrequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, grey, yellowish, 0.2-0.56
reddish inclusions	frequent, well rounded - rounded, spherical, elongate, very elongate, reddish brown, 0.04-1.8
black inclusions	infrequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.68

vessel form type	Amphora MGS V/Gassner 9b
fragmentation	rim
dimensions	diameter: c. 9cm (rim)
surface description	grey slip 2.5 YR 5/2
chronology of object	Greek-Hellenistic 330-270 B.C.E.
publication	Bechtold 2013c, fig. 22,13; Bechtold (forthcoming 3), cat, 157.
drawing
	Context Data
site of discovery	Selinunte / Selinus temple B
registration code of context	saggio H, US 1
registration code of object	saggio H, US 1, P09.9
chronology of context	310-290 B.C.E.

sample taken	2011, by Babette Bechtold, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
sample no	M 154/54

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Distribution of fabric type
“VEL-A-3”

Velia Velia Velia Ischia Ischia Pantelleria Pantelleria Pantelleria Jerba Selinunte / Selinus Segesta Velia Velia Velia Velia Velia Velia Velia Velia Velia Velia Velia

production sampling

Representative sample for
“VEL-A-3”

M 6/3

There are 10 more samples assigned to fabric type
“VEL-A-3”.

Transport Amphorae from Velia: Introduction Until now the production of transport amphorae in Velia is only confirmed by archaeometric analyses, while evidence for kilns or other indicators of local production are still missing.1 The earliest amphorae produced in Velia appear only in the second quarter of the 5th c. B.C.E. and their production can be followed until the first quarter of the 2nd c. B.C.E?

Pottery production at Velia: Ceramic raw materials and archaeometric analyses: Introduction The local production of pottery, bricks and tiles has been assumed for Velia as well as for many other colonies in Magna Graecia at a rather early stage of research, but the characteristics and the development of this production remained unknown for a long time?

Fabrics of Velia: The classification of fabrics is based upon the macroscopic analysis of all diagnostic fragments of the material of studied contexts of the Austrian excavations. These comprise a context of the Early Classical period in the Lower town of Velia...

Western Greek and Sardinian Amphorae from Punic Sites in the Southern Mediterranean: New Evidence from Fabric Analysis for Economic Interaction in the Carthaginian Sphere of Influence (6th-3rd century B.C.E.)

Inclusions

Context Data