FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 45/2
representative sample for CAL-A-7 |
| fabric type |
CAL-A-7
|
| supposed site of production |
Calabria |
| sample taken |
July 1995 |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Sibari / Sybaris Stombi 75, Area 71, deepening zone IV, section 2 |
| registration code of object |
St 75/ 9930 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| object form |
Amphora |
| object type |
Western Greek amphora, Gassner's rim 2 |
| chronology of object |
Greek-Late Archaic |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| surface description |
coarse |
| publication |
Gassner 2003, 188, tab. 12; Gassner and Sauer 2008, 367-8 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
reddish yellow, irregular; numerous fine to mid-sized white, gray and black inclusions |
| colour of fresh break |
5YR5/6 |
| texture of fresh break |
irregular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
8%; void form: channel; void length: 0.2-0.6 |
| inclusions |
15%, length: 0.4-1.2 |
| sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
foraminifera |
frequent, rounded, spherical, yellowish white, 0.4 |
|
grey inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, elongate, dark grey, 0.8 |
|
quartz |
riddled with, angular, subelongate, clear;white, 0.4-1.2 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RSA2 |
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