| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
fabric type |
CAL-A-1
|
ware |
Transport Amphorae |
supposed site of production |
Calabria |
certainty of arguments |
archaeometric: quite certain |
visual excamination of fresh break |
very pale brown, granular; some large white and dark red inclusions, numerous fine white particles, mica |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
10YR7/4 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,04-0,4 |
inclusions |
10%, length: 0,04-0,7 |
sorting |
bimodal: well sorted sand in well sorted silt |
|
Inclusions
|
quartz |
very frequent, angular, spherical, clear, 0.12-7 |
mica |
frequent, angular, very spherical, white, 0.04-0.4 |
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, rounded, spherical - elongate, white, 0.16-0.6 |
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, subelongate, rust coloured, 0,8-0,2 |
black inclusions |
frequent, rounded, spherical, black, 0,08-0,12 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
vessel form type |
Amphora MGS II (B) |
fragmentation |
rim |
surface description |
coarse |
chronology of object |
Greek-Classic |
|
Context Data
|
site of discovery |
Velia Crossroad, trench 1/89 |
registration code of context |
107/89 |
registration code of object |
107/89-23 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
petrographic mineralogical type |
RVA010 |
sample taken |
July 1994, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
sample no |
M 6/58 |
status of sample |
thin section surplus available |
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