| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
fabric type |
NA-REG-CBM-2
|
ware |
Ceramic Building Materials |
supposed site of production |
Naples region |
certainty of arguments |
archaeometric: quite certain |
visual excamination of fresh break |
pink, granular; numerous middle-sized to very large dark gray and reddish brown particles, few small white inclusions |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
7.5YR7/4 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
7%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0,08-0,6 |
inclusions |
20%, length: 0,2-2 |
sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
|
Inclusions
|
quartz |
frequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, clear, 0.2-0,8 |
mica |
frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,02-0,04 |
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, rounded, subelongate, white, 0.2-1 |
reddish inclusions |
singular, rounded, spherical, rust coloured, 0,08 |
black inclusions |
frequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, black, 0,08-1 |
brown inclusions |
frequent, rounded, spherical - subelongate, brown, 0,2-2 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
vessel form type |
Tile (cross tile) |
fragmentation |
body |
surface description |
coarse |
|
Context Data
|
site of discovery |
Velia Theatre |
registration code of context |
2730/94 |
registration code of object |
2730/94 |
| | 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 |
July 1996, by Maria Trapichler, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
sample no |
M 8/45 |
status of sample |
sample surplus, thin section and heavy mineral analysis surplus available |
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