FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 152/3
representative sample for BNAP-C-6 |
| fabric type |
BNAP-C-6
|
| supposed site of production |
Bay of Naples |
| sample taken |
November 2011, by Daniela Giampaola, Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei |
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Context Data
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| site of discovery |
Naples Piazza Nicola Amore |
| registration code of context |
US 1601 |
| registration code of object |
MND 1601 |
| chronology of context |
Early 2nc century B.C.E. |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Coarse Wares |
| object form |
Pot |
| object type |
not specified |
| chronology of object |
Greek-Hellenistic |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| dimensions |
diameter: 17.5cm (rim); height: 12cm |
| surface description |
coarse light brown |
| drawing |
|
| publication |
Febbraro, Giampaola 2009, fig. 9.4 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
granular with many gray and rust colored inclusions; some white particles |
| colour of fresh break |
7.5YR6/4 |
| texture of fresh break |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.01-0.5 |
| inclusions |
10%, length: 0.01-0.55 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
black inclusions |
frequent, rounded, spherical, black, 0.02-0.55 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0.01-0.1 |
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mica |
frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.01-0.02 |
|
more inclusions1 |
singular, angular, subspherical, black, 0.5 |
|
more inclusions2 |
singular, angular, elongate, greenish, transparent, 0.45 |
|
quartz |
frequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, clear, 0.05-0.37 |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, reddish brown;reddish brown, 0.02-0.2 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
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