VEL-G-4

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	VEL-G-4
ware	Glazed Wares
supposed site of production	Velia
certainty of arguments	archaeometric: quite certain, archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break	light brown, granular; some white and dark inclusions, mica
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	10YR6/4
texture of freshly broken surface	granular
hardness	hard
porosity	7.5%; void form: channel; void length: 0.04-0.28
inclusions	2.5%, length: 0.2-0.24
sorting	unsorted
	Inclusions
quartz	frequent, angular, spherical, clear; white, 0.04-0.2
mica	frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.02-0.04
black inclusions	infrequent, angular, spherical, black, 0.04-0.08

fragmentation	base
dimensions	diameter: 8cm (bottom)
surface description	glazed dull black glaze
publication	Gassner 2003, cat. no. IIa.90, pl.16
	Context Data
site of discovery	Velia Late Archaic mudbrick houses beneath Insula II, trench 4/90
registration code of context	424/90
registration code of object	424/90-5
chronology of context	Gassner 2003, phase IIa

applied method for sample analysis	thin section, heavy mineral analysis
analysis author	Roman Sauer
publication (of analysis)	Gassner et al. 2014, 219
petrographic mineralogical type	RVG02
sample taken	July 1994, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University
sample no	M 2/26
status of sample	sample surplus available

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Distribution of fabric type
“VEL-G-4”

Velia Velia Velia Velia Velia Velia Velia Velia Velia Velia

production sampling

Representative sample for
“VEL-G-4”

M 2/85

There are 4 more samples assigned to fabric type
“VEL-G-4”.

The Black Glaze Ware of Velia: Introduction Although no kilns had been found up to now, we can assume that Black Glaze ware was produced at Velia on the basis of few misfired pieces at least for the Late Classic to the Early Hellenistic periods. The best evidence is a staple of baked skyphoi or cup skyphoi published by R. Maffetone,?

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...

Inclusions

Context Data