| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
fabric type |
IG-C-2
|
ware |
Coarse Wares |
visual excamination of fresh break |
dark gray, core: reddish brown, granular; numerous fine, some large white inclusions, mica |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
2.5YRN4, core: 5YR4/5 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
20%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,08-0,4 |
inclusions |
25%, length: 0,12-1,4 |
sorting |
bimodal: well sorted sand in well sorted silt |
|
Inclusions
|
mica |
very frequent |
reddish inclusions |
frequent, rounded, subelongate, red, 0,2-0,4 |
foraminifera |
riddled with, rounded, spherical, white, 0,12-1,4 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
fragmentation |
body |
surface description |
coarse punic? riddled with carbonate-pseudomorphoses |
|
Context Data
|
site of discovery |
Pozzuoli |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
sample taken |
July 1994, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
sample no |
M 18/15 |
status of sample |
sample surplus, thin section and heavy mineral analysis surplus available |
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