| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
fabric type |
CAL-A-1
|
fabric previously published as |
A 21 |
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) |
10YR7/3 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
8%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,08-0,8 |
inclusions |
8%, length: 0,12-2 |
sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
|
Inclusions
|
quartz |
very frequent, angular, subelongate, clear, 0.12-2 |
mica |
frequent |
reddish inclusions |
singular, rounded, spherical, rust coloured, 0,12 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
vessel form type |
Amphora MGS II (B) |
fragmentation |
body |
dimensions |
diameter: 13cm (rim) |
surface description |
slipped very pale brown, 10YR3/4 |
chronology of object |
Greek-Classic |
publication |
Gassner 2003, cat. no. Ila.212, pl. 25 |
|
Context Data
|
site of discovery |
Velia Late Archaic mudbrick houses beneath Insula II, trench 5/91 |
registration code of context |
501/91 |
registration code of object |
501/91-5 |
chronology of context |
Gassner 2003, phase IIa |
| | 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 6/59 |
status of sample |
sample surplus and thin section surplus available |
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