| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
fabric type |
CAL-A-1
|
ware |
Transport Amphorae |
visual excamination of fresh break |
very light brown, fine; some large quartz particles, some large gray inclusions |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
10YR7/4 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
fine |
hardness |
soft |
porosity |
3%; void form: channel; void length: 0,2 |
inclusions |
10%, length: 0,2-0,6 |
sorting |
unsorted |
|
Inclusions
|
quartz |
frequent, angular, subelongate, white, 0.6 |
mica |
infrequent |
reddish inclusions |
singular, angular, spherical, dark red, 0,4 |
black inclusions |
infrequent, angular, spherical, black |
foraminifera |
frequent, 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 |
publication |
Gassner and Sauer 2008, 349 |
|
Context Data
|
site of discovery |
Kaulonia |
registration code of object |
KL 84/QV 640/10 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
petrographic mineralogical type |
RCAUA1 |
sample taken |
July 1995, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
sample no |
M 65/5 |
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