FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 45/3
representative sample for CAL-A-9 |
| fabric type |
CAL-A-9
|
| supposed site of production |
Calabria |
| sample taken |
July 1995 |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Sibari / Sybaris Stombi 1970 |
| registration code of object |
St 70/23 766 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| object form |
Amphora |
| object type |
Western Greek amphora, Gassner's rim 1 |
| chronology of object |
Greek-Late Archaic |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| surface description |
coarse |
| publication |
Gassner and Sauer 2008 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
reddish brown, granular; some mid-sized white and dark inclusions |
| colour of fresh break |
5YR5/4 |
| texture of fresh break |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
6%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.12-0.8 |
| inclusions |
7.5%, length: 0.4-1 |
| sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
foraminifera |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, yellowish white, 0.4 |
|
grey inclusions |
infrequent, angular, elongate, dark grey, 0.8 |
|
mica |
infrequent |
|
quartz |
very frequent, angular, subelongate, white, 1 |
|
white inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, yelowish white, 0.84 |
| | 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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