| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
fabric type |
PAE-A-1
|
ware |
Transport Amphorae |
supposed site of production |
Paestum |
certainty of arguments |
archaeometric: certain |
visual excamination of fresh break |
red, granular; numerous fine white inclusions, quartz, mica |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
2.5YR5/8 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,04-0,6 |
inclusions |
20%, length: 0,12-0,8 |
sorting |
poorly sorted silt |
|
Inclusions
|
quartz |
riddled with, angular, subelongate, clear, 0.12-0,4 |
mica |
singular |
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, subelongate, red, 0,2-0,8 |
black inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, subelongate, black |
foraminifera |
riddled with, rounded, spherical, white, 0,24-0,6 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
vessel form type |
Amphora MGS II (A) |
fragmentation |
rim |
surface description |
slipped traces of white slip |
chronology of object |
Greek-Classic |
|
Context Data
|
site of discovery |
Velia Crossroad, trench 1/89 |
registration code of context |
17/89 |
registration code of object |
17/89-47 |
chronology of context |
Trapichler 2003b, phase 5 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
analysis author |
Verena Gassner |
petrographic mineralogical type |
RVA003 |
sample taken |
July 1994, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
sample no |
M 6/68 representative sample for PAE-A-1 |
status of sample |
thin section surplus available |
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