FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 124/25 |
| fabric type |
BNAP-TS-2
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| supposed site of production |
Bay of Naples |
| sample taken |
October 2012, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
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Context Data
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| site of discovery |
Velia / Elea Vignale |
| registration code of object |
103/80-1 |
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Object
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| ware |
Terra Sigillata Sigillata Puteolana |
| object form |
Cup |
| object type |
Conspectus 27.1.1 |
| chronology of object |
Roman-Early Imperial Tiberian - first half 1st century A.D. |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| surface description |
slipped 2.5YR5/8 |
| drawing |
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| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
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Visual Examination of Fresh Break
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| visual examination of fresh break |
granular, fine black inclusions and mica sporadically visible |
| colour of fresh break |
5YR6/6 |
| texture of fresh break |
irregular |
| hardness |
hard |
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Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
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| porosity |
7.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.025-0.3 |
| inclusions |
10%, length: 0.025-0.25 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
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|
black inclusions |
frequent, angular, spherical, black, 0.025-0.1 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
very frequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0.025-0.075 |
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mica |
singular, angular, spherical, dark, 0.025 |
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more inclusions1 |
infrequent, rounded, subspherical, yellowish white, 0.075-0.25 |
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quartz |
singular, angular, subspherical, gray;gray, 0.025-0.125 |
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reddish inclusions |
frequent, angular, subspherical, light red;rust coloured, 0.025-0.125 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
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