| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| fabric type |
N-AEG-A-3
|
| fabric previously published as |
A 14 |
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeometric: not certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
brown; numerous fine and some large white inclusions |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
7.5YR5/4 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
2.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,04-0,4 |
| inclusions |
30%, length: 0,08-1,2 |
| sorting |
poorly sorted silt |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
frequent, angular, spherical, white; clear, 0.08-0,3 |
|
mica |
infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,04 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, rounded, spherical - subelongate, yellowish white, 0.08-0,6 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
riddled with, well rounded, spherical, white, 0,04-0,08 |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, reddish brown, 0,08-0,2 |
|
black inclusions |
frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, black, 0,04-0,2 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| vessel form type |
Amphora
Zeest's Samian and Protothasian |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| dimensions |
diameter: 15cm (rim) |
| surface description |
coarse |
| chronology of object |
Greek-Classic |
| publication |
Gassner 1994, cat. no. 26, fig.144; Gassner 1999, cat. no. 35, fig. 5; Gassner 2003, cat. no. Iib. 88 |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Velia
Crossroad, trench 1/90 |
| registration code of context |
35/90 |
| registration code of object |
35/90-4 |
| chronology of context |
Gassner 2003, phase IIb |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RVA0014 |
| sample taken |
July 1994, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| sample no |
M 6/40
 representative sample for N-AEG-A-3 |
| status of sample |
no remains |
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