FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 3/83 |
| fabric type |
COR-C-1
|
| supposed site of production |
Corinth / Korinthos |
| sample taken |
July 1996, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
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Context Data
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| site of discovery |
Velia / Elea Late Archaic mudbrick houses beneath Insula II |
| registration code of context |
3053/93 |
| registration code of object |
3053/93 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Coarse Wares |
| fragmentation |
wall |
| surface description |
smoothed |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
pink, smooth; large white, light brown and reddish brown inclusions |
| colour of fresh break |
7.5YR7/3 |
| texture of fresh break |
smooth |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
2%; void form: channel; vughy; void length: 0.04-1.5 |
| inclusions |
15%, length: 0.02-2.4 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
grey inclusions |
infrequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, dark grey, 0.24-0.8 |
|
mica |
frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.02-0.04 |
|
quartz |
frequent, angular, spherical, white; grey, 0.2-0.6 |
|
reddish inclusions |
frequent, angular, spherical - subelongate, rust coloured, 0.2-024 |
|
white inclusions |
frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0.08-1 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RVGK08 |
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