FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 8/16
representative sample for ISC-CBM-5 |
| fabric type |
ISC-CBM-5
|
| supposed site of production |
Ischia / Pithekoussai |
| sample taken |
November 1993, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| |
Context Data
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| site of discovery |
Velia / Elea Theatre |
| registration code of context |
209/93 |
| registration code of object |
209/93 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Ceramic Building Materials |
| object form |
Tile |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
pale yellow, irregular; many large dark brown and black inclusions |
| colour of fresh break |
2.5Y7/4 |
| texture of fresh break |
irregular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
2.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.04-0.12 |
| inclusions |
7.5%, length: 0.04-0.8 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
black inclusions |
very frequent, subrounded, spherical - subspherical, black, 0.08-1.2 |
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brown inclusions |
frequent, angular, spherical, dark brown, 0.2-0.6 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
riddled with, well rounded, spherical, white, 0.02-0.04 |
|
grey inclusions |
frequent, subrounded, spherical, dark grey, 0.12-0.6 |
|
quartz |
frequent, angular, spherical, clear, 0.2-0.6 |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, angular, spherical, rust coloured, 0.04-0.16 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RVZ06 |
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