FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 2/126
representative sample for CAL-G-2 |
| fabric type |
CAL-G-2
|
| supposed site of production |
Calabria |
| sample taken |
July 1998, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
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Context Data
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| site of discovery |
Velia / Elea Crossroad |
| registration code of context |
211/96 |
| registration code of object |
211/96-8 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Glazed Wares |
| object form |
Closed Vessel |
| object type |
ringfoot |
| surface description |
glazed black glaze |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
light brown, granular; no visible inclusions |
| colour of fresh break |
7.5YR6/4 |
| texture of fresh break |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.04-0.4 |
| inclusions |
1%, length: 0.04-0.08 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
black inclusions |
infrequent, angular, spherical - subsperical, black, 0.04-0.08 |
|
brown inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, subspherical, rusty brown, 0.08-0.2 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, well rounded, spherical, white; yellowish white, 0.04-0.08 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
very frequent, well rounded, spherical, white, 0.04-0.08 |
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mica |
frequent, angular, spherical; elongate, white; dark, 0.02-0.04 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section, heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RVG 13a |
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