| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
fabric type |
NW-LUC-A-2
|
fabric previously published as |
A 13 |
ware |
Transport Amphorae |
supposed site of production |
North Western Lucania |
certainty of arguments |
archaeometric: quite certain |
visual excamination of fresh break |
reddish yellow; fine white inclusions |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
5YR6/6 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
7.5%; void form: channel; void length: 0,08-1,2 |
inclusions |
5%, length: 0,2-0,8 |
sorting |
unsorted |
|
Inclusions
|
quartz |
riddled with, angular, spherical, white; clear, 0.2-0,8 |
mica |
singular |
reddish inclusions |
singular, rounded, spherical, red, 0,32 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
vessel form type |
Amphora Western Greek, Gassner's rim 3 |
fragmentation |
rim |
dimensions |
diameter: 11,5cm (rim) |
surface description |
slipped white, 10YR8/2 |
chronology of object |
Greek-Classic |
publication |
Gassner 2003, cat. no. IIa.208, pl. 25 |
|
Context Data
|
site of discovery |
Velia Late Archaic mudbrick houses beneath Insula II, Q4/5, Steg |
registration code of context |
16/87 |
registration code of object |
16/87-20 |
chronology of context |
Gassner 2003, phase IIa |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
petrographic mineralogical type |
RVA002b |
sample taken |
July 1994, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
sample no |
M 6/39 representative sample for NW-LUC-A-2 |
status of sample |
no remains |
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