VEL-A-3

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	VEL-A-3
ware	Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production	Velia
certainty of arguments	archaeometric: certain
visual excamination of fresh break	reddish yellow, granular; many fine white and some dark inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	5YR6/8
texture of freshly broken surface	granular
hardness	hard
porosity	5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.04-0.32
inclusions	8%, length: 0.12-0.8
sorting	well sorted sand in different compositions
	Inclusions
quartz	riddled with, angular, spherical, white, 0.12-0.6
mica	infrequent
reddish inclusions	infrequent, rounded, elongate, light red, 0.2-0.4
grey inclusions	frequent, rounded, elongate, dark grey, 0.2-0.4

vessel form type	Amphora Western Greek amphora, Gassner's rim type 4
fragmentation	rim
dimensions	diameter: 9cm (rim)
surface description	slipped grey, 5YR5/1
chronology of object	Greek-Classic
publication	Gassner 2003, cat. no. IIa.204, pl. 24
	Context Data
site of discovery	Velia Lower City, Late Archaic mudbrick houses beneath Insula II, trench 1/87
registration code of context	64/87
registration code of object	64/87-9
chronology of context	Gassner 2003, phase IIa

applied method for sample analysis	thin section and heavy mineral analysis
analysis author	Roman Sauer
publication (of analysis)	Gassner et al. 2014, 248
petrographic mineralogical type	RVA001
sample taken	November 1993, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University
sample no	M 6/3 representative sample for VEL-A-3
status of sample	thin section and heavy mineral analysis surplus available

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Distribution of fabric type
“VEL-A-3”

Velia Velia Velia Ischia Ischia Pantelleria Pantelleria Pantelleria Jerba Selinunte / Selinus Segesta Velia Velia Velia Velia Velia Velia Velia Velia Velia Velia Velia

production sampling

Representative sample for
“VEL-A-3”

M 6/3

There are 10 more samples assigned to fabric type
“VEL-A-3”.

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