FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 143/18
representative sample for BNAP-F-4 |
| fabric type |
BNAP-F-4
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| supposed site of production |
Bay of Naples |
| sample taken |
2010, by Giovanna Greco, L'Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II |
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Context Data
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| site of discovery |
Cuma / Cumae Tempio con portico |
| chronology of context |
1st century B.C.E. |
| |
Object
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| ware |
Fine Wares |
| object form |
Closed Vessel |
| chronology of object |
Greek-Late Archaic |
| dimensions |
height: 3cm |
| surface description |
partially glazed engobe beige, glaze: 10R5/8 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
light yellowish brown, granular; few fine white and dark inclusions, mica |
| colour of fresh break |
10YR6/4 - 5/3 |
| texture of fresh break |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
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| porosity |
2.5-5%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0.02-0.5 |
| inclusions |
2%, length: 0.01-0.75 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
black inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, brownish black, 0.05-0.2 |
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calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0.08-0.4 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
riddled with, rounded, spherical, white, 0.02-0.05 |
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mica |
very frequent, angular, spherical; very elongate, white; dark, 0.01-0.1 |
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quartz |
infrequent, subangular - angular, spherical - subspherical, clear, 0.4-0.5 |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, reddish brown, 0.05-0.25 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section |
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