| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| fabric type |
CAL-A-10
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
Calabria |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeometric: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
pink, fine; few quartz particles, some reddish brown inclusions, few dark inclusions, micacious |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
7.5YR8/4 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
fine |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
6%; void form: channel; void length: 0,04-0,8 |
| inclusions |
5%, length: 0,04-1,2 |
| sorting |
bimodal: well sorted sand in well sorted silt |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
frequent, rounded, subelongate, clear, 0.04-1,2 |
|
mica |
infrequent |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, rust coloured, 0,2-0,4 |
|
black inclusions |
singular, angular, spherical, black |
|
foraminifera |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0,2-0,32 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| vessel form type |
Amphora
Western Greek amphora, body fragment |
| fragmentation |
body |
| surface description |
coarse
interior: red colour traces |
| chronology of object |
Greek-Classic |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Velia
Acropolis |
| registration code of object |
128/71-12 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RVA010a |
| sample taken |
July 1996, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| sample no |
M 6/102 |
| status of sample |
sample surplus, thin section and heavy mineral analysis surplus available |
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