VEL-A-4

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	VEL-A-4
ware	Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production	Velia
certainty of arguments	archaeometric: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break	light red, core: weak red; many fine to large white inclusions, some large black inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	2.5YR6/8, core: 2.5YR4/2
texture of freshly broken surface	irregular
hardness	hard
porosity	5%; void form: channel; void length: 0.08-0.8
inclusions	12%, length: 0.12-0.8
sorting	unsorted
	Inclusions
quartz	riddled with, angular, subelongate, white, 0.12-0.8
mica	singular
reddish inclusions	very frequent, angular, subelongate, reddish brown, 0.2-2.4
grey inclusions	very frequent, angular, elongate, dark grey, 0.2-0.4

vessel form type	Amphora Amphora MSG II = Gassner 7
fragmentation	rim
surface description	coarse
chronology of object	Greek-Classic
publication	Gassner et al. 2014, 240; cat. 133, fig.27
drawing
	Context Data
site of discovery	Velia Wall E, trench 40/93
registration code of context	4003/93
registration code of object	4003/93-13
chronology of context	residual in a context of the Early 2nd c. BC

applied method for sample analysis	thin section and heavy mineral analysis
analysis author	Roman Sauer
publication (of analysis)	Gassner et al. 2014, 248-51
petrographic mineralogical type	RVA001a
sample taken	November 1993, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University
sample no	M 6/5 representative sample for VEL-A-4
status of sample	thin section and heavy mineral analysis surplus available

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Distribution of fabric type
“VEL-A-4”

Velia Segesta Lilibeo / Lilybaion Velia Velia

production sampling

Representative sample for
“VEL-A-4”

M 6/5

There are 2 more samples assigned to fabric type
“VEL-A-4”.

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