VEL-A-5

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	VEL-A-5
fabric previously published as	F. 33
ware	Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production	Velia
certainty of arguments	archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break	colour light red, texture coarse, numerous fine to large inclusions: white, grey, red, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	reddish yellow 5 YR 7/6
texture of freshly broken surface	granular
hardness	hard
porosity	7.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.04-1.2
inclusions	25%, length: <0.04-1.2
sorting	bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt
	Inclusions
quartz	very frequent, rounded- subrounded, subangular - angular, very spherical -subspherical, subelongate, elongate, grey, white, clear, 0.04-0.8
mica	frequent, spherical, angular, white, <0.04-0.04
calciumcarbonate	infrequent, spherical - subspherical, white, yellowish, 0.04-0.2
reddish inclusions	very frequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, <0.04-1.2
black inclusions	frequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.36
more inclusions2	singular, angular, spherical, light red, 0.8

vessel form type	Amphora Gassner 9c
fragmentation	rim
dimensions	diameter: 9cm (rim)
chronology of object	Greek-Hellenistic 300-270 B.C.E.
publication	Bechtold 2013c, fig. 23,4.
drawing
	Context Data
site of discovery	Carthage Bir Messouda
registration code of context	BM 04/2418
registration code of object	BM 04/42374
chronology of context	Early Imperial

sample taken	2006, by Babette Bechtold, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History of Europe, Ghent University / INP Tunis
sample no	M 92/81

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Distribution of fabric type
“VEL-A-5”

Velia Velia Velia Velia Velia Velia Carthage Selinunte / Selinus Velia Velia Velia Velia Velia Velia Velia Velia

production sampling

Representative sample for
“VEL-A-5”

M 10/11

There are 7 more samples assigned to fabric type
“VEL-A-5”.

Transport Amphorae from Velia: Introduction Until now the production of transport amphorae in Velia is only confirmed by archaeometric analyses, while evidence for kilns or other indicators of local production are still missing.1 The earliest amphorae produced in Velia appear only in the second quarter of the 5th c. B.C.E. and their production can be followed until the first quarter of the 2nd c. B.C.E?

Pottery production at Velia: Ceramic raw materials and archaeometric analyses: Introduction The local production of pottery, bricks and tiles has been assumed for Velia as well as for many other colonies in Magna Graecia at a rather early stage of research, but the characteristics and the development of this production remained unknown for a long time?

Fabrics of Velia: The classification of fabrics is based upon the macroscopic analysis of all diagnostic fragments of the material of studied contexts of the Austrian excavations. These comprise a context of the Early Classical period in the Lower town of Velia...

Western Greek and Sardinian Amphorae from Punic Sites in the Southern Mediterranean: New Evidence from Fabric Analysis for Economic Interaction in the Carthaginian Sphere of Influence (6th-3rd century B.C.E.)

Inclusions

Context Data