BNAP-C-4

BNAP-C-4, M 152/16, 25x

BNAP-C-4, M 152/16, 16x

BNAP-C-4, M 152/16, 8x

object data

fabric description

archaeometry

sample no	M 152/16 representative sample for BNAP-C-4
fabric type	BNAP-C-4
supposed site of production	Bay of Naples
sample taken	November 2011, by Daniela Giampaola, Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei
	Context Data
site of discovery	Naples Piazza Nicola Amore
registration code of context	US 1601
registration code of object	MND 1601
chronology of context	Early 2nd century B.C.E.
	Object
ware	Coarse Wares
object form	Jug
object type	Situla
chronology of object	Greek-Hellenistic
fragmentation	rim
surface description	coarse pale brown; inclusions are visible with the naked eye
drawing

	Visual Examination of Fresh Break
visual examination of fresh break	light yellowish brown, irregular; many small to mid-sized dark, some small to mid-sized white inclusions
colour of fresh break	2.5Y6/3
texture of fresh break	irregular
hardness	hard
	Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope (all lengths in mm)
porosity	5%; void form: chamber;vughy; void length: 0.01-1.75
inclusions	30%, length: 0.01-0.5
sorting	bimodal: well sorted sand in well sorted silt
	Inclusions (all lengths in mm)
black inclusions	very frequent, angular - rounded, spherical - subspherical, black, 0.02-0.42
carbonate pseudomorphoses	riddled with, subrounded - rounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0.02-0.1
mica	frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.01
quartz	very frequent, angular - subrounded, spherical - subelongate, clear;gray;gray, 0.05-0.5
reddish inclusions	frequent, subangular - rounded, spherical - subspherical, reddish brown;reddish brown, 0.01-0.37

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Distribution of fabric type
“BNAP-C-4”

Naples Bay of Naples

production discovery

Representative sample for
“BNAP-C-4”

M 152/16

Pottery Production in the Bay of Naples Problems, History of Research and Current Strategies: For more than a thousand years the Bay of Naples was not only one of the most important and dynamic areas of the antique Mediterranean, but also a region well known for its production of pottery

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Context Data

Object

Visual Examination of Fresh Break

Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope (all lengths in mm)

Inclusions (all lengths in mm)

Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)

Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)