FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 144/13 |
| fabric type |
BNAP-IC-1
|
| supposed site of production |
Bay of Naples |
| sample taken |
May 2010 |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Cuma / Cumae Cuma 2000, Tempio con Portico |
| registration code of context |
US K2.2201 |
| registration code of object |
K2.2201.s.n.2 |
| chronology of context |
1st century B.C.E. |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Ionic Cup |
| object form |
Ionic Cup |
| chronology of object |
6th century B.C. |
| fragmentation |
wall |
| surface description |
slipped in-and exterior glazed, 10YR2/1 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
light reddish brown to reddish gray, fine; no visible inclusions |
| colour of fresh break |
5YR6/4 - 5YR6/2 |
| texture of fresh break |
fine |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.01-0.4 |
| inclusions |
2.5%, length: 0.01-0.25 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
black inclusions |
frequent, rounded, spherical - elongate, black, 0.02-0.25 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
frequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0.02-0.07 |
|
foraminifera |
singular, subrounded, spherical, white, 0.15 |
|
mica |
frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.01-0.02 |
|
more inclusions1 |
singular, rounded, subspherical, black, glassy, 0.1 |
|
quartz |
frequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, clear; white, 0.02-0.2 |
|
reddish inclusions |
frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, reddish brown, 0.02-0.12 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
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