FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 294/5 |
| fabric type |
LAT-C-3
|
| supposed site of production |
Rome and Tiber Valley |
| 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 |
1260/01-1 |
| chronology of context |
3rd century BCE |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Coarse Wares |
| object form |
Cooking Pot |
| object type |
Olcese 2003, type 2 |
| chronology of object |
Roman-Middle Republican |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| drawing |
|
| publication |
Borgers et al. 2023 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
Munsell value HUE 5 YR 4/1 |
| colour of fresh break |
Dark Grey |
| texture of fresh break |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
10-15%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.1-0.3 |
| inclusions |
15-20%, length: 0.2-0.4 |
| sorting |
moderately sorted sand |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
black inclusions |
infrequent, angular, black, 0.2-0.4 |
|
grey inclusions |
frequent, subangular;subrounded, subspherical, white;gray;gray, 0.1-0.4 |
|
mica |
infrequent, 0.1-0.2 |
|
quartz |
frequent, subrounded, white, 0.2-0.4 |
|
white inclusions |
frequent, subangular, clear;white, 0.2-0.4 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section Borgers et al. 2023 |
| publication (of analysis) |
Borgers et al. 2023 |
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