FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 2/20
representative sample for CAL-G-1 |
| fabric type |
CAL-G-1
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| supposed site of production |
Calabria |
| sample taken |
July 1994, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
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Context Data
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| site of discovery |
Velia / Elea Late Archaic mudbrick houses beneath Insula II |
| registration code of context |
793/91 |
| registration code of object |
793/91-1 |
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Object
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| ware |
Glazed Wares |
| object form |
Cupskyphos |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| dimensions |
diameter: 12cm (rim) |
| surface description |
glazed shining very dark gray glaze, 7.5YRN3, partly peeled, brown mottles |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
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| visual examination of fresh break |
light brown, hard, fine; some mica |
| colour of fresh break |
7.5YR6/4 |
| texture of fresh break |
fine |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
5%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0.08-0.8 |
| inclusions |
3%, length: 0.01-0.15 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
black inclusions |
infrequent, well rounded, subspherical, black, 0.02-0.08 |
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brown inclusions |
infrequent, angular, subspherical, dark brown, 0.05-0.16 |
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calciumcarbonate |
very frequent, rounded, very spherical, yellowish white, 0.02-0.15 |
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carbonate pseudomorphoses |
frequent, rounded, very spherical, white, 0.01-0.04 |
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mica |
frequent, angular, spherical; very elongate, white; dark, 0.02-0.08 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RVG 09 |
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