| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| fabric type |
CAMP-AT-1
|
| ware |
Architectural Terracotta |
| supposed site of production |
Campania |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeometric: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
pink, granular; very large dark gray inclusions, sporadic small to medium-sized particles |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
7.5YR7/4 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
1.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,2-0,32 |
| inclusions |
7,5%, length: 0,12-3,2 |
| sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
frequent, rounded, elongate, white, 0.32-0,8 |
|
mica |
infrequent |
|
black inclusions |
frequent, angular, subelongate, dark grey |
|
grey inclusions |
very frequent, angular, elongate, dark grey, 0,12-0,8 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| fragmentation |
fragmentation not specified |
| surface description |
can not be identified |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Velia |
| registration code of object |
TCA 106 (86.455) |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RVZ08 |
| sample taken |
October 1991, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| sample no |
M 7/8 |
| status of sample |
thin section surplus available |
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