FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 8/27 |
| fabric type |
PAE-CBM-3
|
| supposed site of production |
Paestum / Poseidonia |
| sample taken |
July 1996, by Maria Trapichler, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| |
Context Data
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| site of discovery |
Velia / Elea Theatre |
| registration code of object |
704/93 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Ceramic Building Materials |
| object form |
Tile (cross tile) |
| object type |
stroter |
| fragmentation |
fragmentation not specified |
| surface description |
coarse |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
light reddish brown and red, veined, irregular; red inclusions, small to large gray inclusions, small to very large white particles |
| colour of fresh break |
5YR6/4, 10R5/6 |
| texture of fresh break |
irregular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
7.5%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0.2-0.8 |
| inclusions |
20%, length: 0.2-2 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, rounded, subelongate, yellowish white, 0.4 |
|
grey inclusions |
frequent, rounded, spherical - subsphercal, dark grey, 0.2-3 |
|
mica |
frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.02-0.04 |
|
quartz |
frequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, clear, 0.2-0.6 |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical - subelongate, rust coloured, 0.2-2 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RVZ10 |
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