BNAP-G-2

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	BNAP-G-2
ware	Glazed Wares Campana A
supposed site of production	Bay of Naples
certainty of arguments	archaeometric: quite certain, archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break	reddish yellow, granular; scattered fine to mid-sized black inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	5YR6/6
texture of freshly broken surface	granular
hardness	hard
porosity	10%; void form: channel; vughy; void length: 0,04-0,5
inclusions	7,5%, length: 0,04-0,5
sorting	unsorted
	Inclusions
quartz	infrequent, angular, spherical, clear, 0,15
mica	frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,02-0,04
calciumcarbonate	infrequent, rounded, spherical, white; yellow, 0,04-0,08
carbonate pseudomorphoses	very frequent, well rounded, spherical, white, 0,04-0,1
black inclusions	very frequent, angular, subspherical, brownish black, 0,04-0,08
brown inclusions	infrequent, angular, subspherical, rusty brown, 0,04-0,4

vessel form type	Plate ringfoot
fragmentation	base
dimensions	diameter: 6cm (bottom)
surface description	glazed interior: black ,7.5YRN3, ringfoot exterior: dark gray, 7.5YRN4, reddish fingerprints
	Context Data
site of discovery	Velia Fortifications, wall B
registration code of context	531/3/98
chronology of context	Velia, phase E (225 - 175/150 BC) Trapichler 2004; Gassner 2006, 477

applied method for sample analysis	thin section
analysis author	Roman Sauer
sample taken	2009, by Maria Trapichler, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University
sample no	M 2/151
status of sample	sample surplus available

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Distribution of fabric type
“BNAP-G-2”

production sampling

Representative sample for
“BNAP-G-2”

M 151/15

There are 13 more samples assigned to fabric type
“BNAP-G-2”.

Pottery Production in the Bay of Naples ? Problems, History of Research and Current Strategies: For more than a thousand years the Bay of Naples was not only one of the most important and dynamic areas of the antique Mediterranean, but also a region well known for its production of pottery?

Pottery Production in the Bay of Naples ? The Black Glaze Ware: The fabrics established below result from several sites in the Bay of Naples and from Velia as an example of the distribution area. Probably most important are 36 samples of Black Glaze Ware, which stem from the excavations of Piazza Nicola Amore in Naples?

Ceramiche comuni e vernici nere dal quartiere artigianale di Piazza Nicola Amore a Napoli: Il materiale preso in esame è stato rinvenuto nel corso delle indagini archeologiche realizzate a Napoli in occasione dei lavori per la costruzione della Stazione Duomo della linea 1 della Metropolitana di Napoli, a piazza Nicola Amore?

Inclusions

Context Data