FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 124/28 |
| fabric type |
BNAP-TS-1
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| supposed site of production |
Bay of Naples |
| sample taken |
October 2012, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| |
Context Data
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| site of discovery |
Velia / Elea Lower town |
| registration code of object |
320/99-5 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Terra Sigillata Sigillata Puteolana |
| object form |
Plate |
| object type |
Conspectus 12 |
| chronology of object |
Roman-Early Imperial Middle - late Augustan |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| surface description |
slipped 2.5YR4/8 |
| drawing |
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| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
smooth break, no visible inclusions |
| colour of fresh break |
7,5YR7/4 |
| texture of fresh break |
fine |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
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| porosity |
1%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.025-0.125 |
| inclusions |
5%, length: 0.025-0.375 |
| sorting |
poorly sorted silt |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
black inclusions |
singular, angular, spherical, black, 0.025-0.075 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
riddled with, rounded, spherical, white, 0.025 |
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mica |
singular, angular, spherical, white, 0.025 |
|
more inclusions1 |
singular, white, 0.25 |
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quartz |
singular, angular, subspherical, clear, 0.025 |
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reddish inclusions |
frequent, angular, spherical, reddish brown;light red;reddish brown, 0.025-0.2 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
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