| | 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, core: grayish, granular; numerous fine to medium-sized white particles, some medium-sized to large dark brown inclusions |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
7.5YR6/6 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
6%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,04-0,6 |
| inclusions |
6%, length: 0,04-0,8 |
| sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.2-0,32 |
|
mica |
frequent |
|
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0,04, die meisten Part. in dieser Größe-0.24 |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, angular, elongate, rust coloured, 0,2-0,8 |
|
grey inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, light grey, 0,4-0,6 |
|
foraminifera |
frequent, rounded, spherical, white to yellowish white, 0,12-0,44 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| vessel form type |
Amphora |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| surface description |
coarse |
| chronology of object |
Greek-Classic |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Velia
Crossroad |
| registration code of context |
22/90 |
| registration code of object |
22/90-22 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RVA007F |
| sample taken |
July 1997, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| sample no |
M 6/117 |
| status of sample |
sample surplus and thin section surplus available |
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