CAR-REG-A-4

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	CAR-REG-A-4
ware	Transport Amphorae
certainty of arguments	archaeometric: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break	pale yellow, core: pale olive green, irregular; numerous fine white inclusions, few large white and black inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	5Y7/4, core: 5Y6/4
texture of freshly broken surface	irregular
hardness	hard
porosity	30%; void form: channel; void length: 0,08-0,8
inclusions	15%, length: 0,16-0,8
sorting	well sorted sand in different compositions
	Inclusions
quartz	riddled with, angular, subelongate, clear, 0.16-0,8
mica	frequent
foraminifera	riddled with, rounded, spherical, white, 0,28-0,6

vessel form type	Amphora Ramon T. 1.4.4.1
fragmentation	rim
surface description	slipped exterior: thin white slip (?)
chronology of object	Greek-Classic
publication	Gassner 1999, cat. no. 36, fig. 5; Gassner 2003, cat. no. IIb.89
	Context Data
site of discovery	Velia Late Archaic mudbrick houses beneath Insula II, trench 3/91
registration code of context	304/91
registration code of object	304/91-4
chronology of context	Gassner 2003, phase IIb

applied method for sample analysis	thin section and heavy mineral analysis
analysis author	Roman Sauer
petrographic mineralogical type	RVA013a
sample taken	July 1994, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University
sample no	M 6/80
status of sample	sample surplus available

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Distribution of fabric type
“CAR-REG-A-4”

Carthage Velia Carthage region

production sampling

Representative sample for
“CAR-REG-A-4”

M 94/8

There are 1 more sample assigned to fabric type
“CAR-REG-A-4”.

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Inclusions

Context Data