| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| fabric type |
EAST-AEG-A-2
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
East Aegean region |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeometric: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
reddish yellow, fine, some large white and dark inclusions |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
5YR5/8 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
fine |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
3%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,04-0,24 |
| inclusions |
4%, length: 0,04-0,6 |
| sorting |
bimodal: well sorted sand in well sorted silt |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
infrequent, angular, spherical, clear; white, 0.04-0,4 |
|
mica |
frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,04 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0.2-0.8 |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, reddish brown, 0,08-0,24 |
|
grey inclusions |
frequent, rounded, spherical, dark grey, 0,04-0,24 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| vessel form type |
Amphora
type Solokha I |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| surface description |
slipped
thin white slip |
| chronology of object |
Greek-Classic |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Velia
Theatre |
| registration code of context |
607/94 |
| registration code of object |
607/94-4 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RVA007A |
| sample taken |
September 1996, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| sample no |
M 6/111 |
| status of sample |
sample surplus, thin section and heavy mineral analysis surplus available |
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