VEL-A-5

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	VEL-A-5
ware	Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production	Velia
certainty of arguments	archaeometric: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break	red, granular; numerous fine to medium-sized white inclusions, fine dark inclusions, some mica
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	2.5YR5/8
texture of freshly broken surface	granular
hardness	hard
porosity	15%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.04-0.32
inclusions	20%, length: 0.08-0.8
sorting	bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt
	Inclusions
quartz	riddled with, angular, subelongate, clear, 0.16-0.8
mica	frequent
reddish inclusions	infrequent, rounded, subelongate, red, 0.08-0.4
black inclusions	infrequent, rounded, spherical, black

vessel form type	Amphora MGS II (A)
fragmentation	rim
surface description	coarse
chronology of object	Greek-Classic
publication	Gassner et al. 2014, 240; cat. 132, fig.27
drawing
	Context Data
site of discovery	Velia Late Archaic mudbrick houses beneath Insula II
registration code of context	684/92
registration code of object	684/92-3

applied method for sample analysis	thin section and heavy mineral analysis
analysis author	Roman Sauer
publication (of analysis)	Gassner et al. 2014, 251
petrographic mineralogical type	RVA001b
sample taken	July 1994, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University
sample no	M 6/82
status of sample	thin section surplus available

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Distribution of fabric type
“VEL-A-5”

Velia Velia Velia Velia Velia Velia Carthage Selinunte / Selinus Velia Velia Velia Velia Velia Velia Velia Velia

production sampling

Representative sample for
“VEL-A-5”

M 10/11

There are 7 more samples assigned to fabric type
“VEL-A-5”.

Transport Amphorae from Velia: Introduction Until now the production of transport amphorae in Velia is only confirmed by archaeometric analyses, while evidence for kilns or other indicators of local production are still missing.1 The earliest amphorae produced in Velia appear only in the second quarter of the 5th c. B.C.E. and their production can be followed until the first quarter of the 2nd c. B.C.E?

Pottery production at Velia: Ceramic raw materials and archaeometric analyses: Introduction The local production of pottery, bricks and tiles has been assumed for Velia as well as for many other colonies in Magna Graecia at a rather early stage of research, but the characteristics and the development of this production remained unknown for a long time?

Fabrics of Velia: The classification of fabrics is based upon the macroscopic analysis of all diagnostic fragments of the material of studied contexts of the Austrian excavations. These comprise a context of the Early Classical period in the Lower town of Velia...

Western Greek and Sardinian Amphorae from Punic Sites in the Southern Mediterranean: New Evidence from Fabric Analysis for Economic Interaction in the Carthaginian Sphere of Influence (6th-3rd century B.C.E.)

Inclusions

Context Data