FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 124/24
representative sample for BNAP-TS-4 |
| fabric type |
BNAP-TS-4
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| supposed site of production |
Bay of Naples |
| sample taken |
October 1997, by Hannah Liko, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
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Context Data
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| site of discovery |
Velia / Elea Vignale |
| registration code of object |
103/80-3 |
| |
Object
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| ware |
Terra Sigillata Sigillata Puteolana |
| object form |
unidentified |
| object type |
not identified yet |
| chronology of object |
Roman-Early Imperial Augustan - mid 1st century A.D. |
| fragmentation |
base |
| surface description |
slipped 2.5YR4/8 |
| decoration |
central stamp in planta pedis PRIMI |
| drawing |
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| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
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| visual examination of fresh break |
granular, no visible inclusions |
| colour of fresh break |
7.5YR7/6 |
| texture of fresh break |
irregular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
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| porosity |
7.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.025-0.25 |
| inclusions |
15%, length: 0.025-0.25 |
| sorting |
poorly sorted silt |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
black inclusions |
infrequent, angular, spherical, black, 0.025-0.125 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
riddled with, rounded, spherical, white, 0.025-0.125 |
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mica |
singular, angular, spherical, dark, 0.025-0.075 |
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more inclusions1 |
frequent, rounded, subspherical, white;brown, 0.125-0.25 |
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quartz |
singular, angular, subspherical, gray;gray, 0.025-0.125 |
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reddish inclusions |
frequent, angular, subspherical, reddish brown;light red;reddish brown, 0.025-0.175 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
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