| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
fabric type |
CAMP-C-3
|
ware |
Transport Amphorae |
supposed site of production |
Naples region |
certainty of arguments |
archaeological: not certain |
visual excamination of fresh break |
red, fine; many fine white, some larger reddish inclusions, mica |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
2.5YR5/6 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
laminated |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
15%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,08-0,4 |
inclusions |
25%, length: 0,080 |
sorting |
unsorted |
|
Inclusions
|
quartz |
riddled with, angular, spherical, clear; white, 0.08-0,4 |
mica |
very frequent |
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, subelongate, red, 0,32-1 |
black inclusions |
frequent, rounded, spherical, black |
foraminifera |
very frequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0,08-0,4 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
fragmentation |
body |
surface description |
coarse |
|
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 18/17 |
status of sample |
sample surplus, thin section and heavy mineral analysis surplus available |
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