FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 10/21 |
| fabric type |
PAE-A-3
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| supposed site of production |
Velia / Elea |
| sample taken |
June 26, 1989, by Hannah Liko, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
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Context Data
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| site of discovery |
Velia / Elea Insula II, room 10, ditch for the foundation |
| registration code of context |
311/89 |
| registration code of object |
311/89-35 |
| chronology of context |
residual in Roman context |
| |
Object
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| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| object form |
Amphora |
| object type |
Graeco-Italic amphora |
| chronology of object |
Greek-Hellenistic |
| fragmentation |
base |
| surface description |
coarse |
| drawing |
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| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
yellowish red, granular; white and light gray inclusions |
| colour of fresh break |
5YR5/8 |
| texture of fresh break |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
7.5%; void form: chambers; void length: 0.08-1 |
| inclusions |
10%, length: 0.4-1.2 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
quartz |
riddled with, rounded, subelongate, clear, 0.4-0.8 |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, subelongate, red, 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 |
a |
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