FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 294/1 |
| fabric type |
LAT-C-5
|
| supposed site of production |
Norba |
| sample taken |
by Barbara Borgers |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Norba survey |
| interpretation of context |
not specified |
| registration code of context |
NO08 |
| registration code of object |
1014/01 |
| chronology of context |
2nd century BCE |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Coarse Wares |
| object form |
Cooking Pot |
| object type |
Olcese 2003, type 3a |
| chronology of object |
Roman-Late Republican |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| drawing |
|
| publication |
Borgers et al. 2023, 2024; Attema et al. 2003 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
Munsell value HUE 5 YR 4/6 |
| colour of fresh break |
Yellowish Red |
| texture of fresh break |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
15-20%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.2-0.5 |
| inclusions |
10-15%, length: 0.2-0.8 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
black inclusions |
frequent, angular, black, 0.2-0.4 |
|
black iron oxide concretions |
infrequent, subrounded, dark, 0.2-0.4 |
|
brown inclusions |
singular, subrounded;rounded, subspherical, reddish brown;reddish brown, 0.2-0.5 |
|
grey inclusions |
frequent, angular, subspherical, clear;white, 0.2-0.4 |
|
mica |
infrequent, brown |
|
more inclusions1 |
very frequent, subangular, dark, 0.2-0.7 |
|
quartz |
infrequent, subangular, white |
|
red iron oxide concretions |
infrequent, subrounded, reddish brown;reddish brown, 0.2-0.5 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section Borgers et al. 2024, 2023 |
| publication (of analysis) |
Borgers et al. 2023 |
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