| | 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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