| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
fabric type |
CAL-A-3
|
ware |
Transport Amphorae |
visual excamination of fresh break |
pink, granular; large light red and white inclusions, few dark inclusions, quartz particles, less mica |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
7.5YR7/4 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
porosity |
3%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,2-2,8 |
inclusions |
15%, length: 0,2-1,6 |
sorting |
unsorted |
|
Inclusions
|
quartz |
riddled with, rounded, subelongate, white, 0.4-1,6 |
mica |
infrequent |
black inclusions |
singular, angular, spherical, black |
foraminifera |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0,4 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
vessel form type |
Amphora Western Greek amphora, Gassner's rim 2 |
fragmentation |
fragmentation not specified |
surface description |
coarse |
|
Context Data
|
site of discovery |
Kaulonia |
registration code of object |
KL 84/ QV 672-17-37 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
petrographic mineralogical type |
RCAUA1a |
sample taken |
July 1995, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
sample no |
M 65/3 |
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