| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| fabric type |
EAST-AEG-A-3
|
| fabric previously published as |
A 37 |
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
reddish yellow, fine; some fine white and gray inclusions |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
7.5YR6/6 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
fine |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,08-0,4 |
| inclusions |
7,5%, length: 0,08-1,6 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
infrequent, angular, spherical, clear; white, 0,08-0,24 |
|
mica |
infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,04 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0,08-0,24 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
riddled with, well rounded, spherical, white, 0,04-0,08 |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, rust coloured, 0,08-0,2 |
|
black inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, black, 0,04-0,08 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| vessel form type |
Amphora
Samian type? |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| dimensions |
diameter: 10,6cm (rim) |
| surface description |
slipped
dark reddish brown, 5YR3/2, worn |
| chronology of object |
Greek-Classic |
| publication |
Gassner 2003, cat. no. IIa.242, pl. 26 |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Velia
Crossroad, trench 1/90 |
| registration code of context |
51B/90 |
| registration code of object |
51b/90-2 |
| 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 |
RVA007C |
| sample taken |
July 1994, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| sample no |
M 6/89 |
| status of sample |
sample surplus and thin section surplus available |
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