FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 152/27 |
| fabric type |
BNAP-C-6
|
| supposed site of production |
Bay of Naples |
| sample taken |
November 2011, by Daniela Giampaola, Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei |
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Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Naples Piazza Nicola Amore |
| registration code of context |
US 1657 |
| registration code of object |
MND1657 |
| chronology of context |
Mid 2nd century B.C.E. |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Coarse Wares |
| object form |
Basin |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| dimensions |
diameter: 38cm (rim); height: 10cm |
| surface description |
coarse light reddish brown |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
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| visual examination of fresh break |
light reddish brown, granular; some small to mid-sized white and dark inclusions |
| colour of fresh break |
5YR6/4 |
| texture of fresh break |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
10%; void form: vughy; channel; chambers; void length: 0.01-2 |
| inclusions |
12.5%, length: 0.01-0.75 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
black inclusions |
infrequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - elongate, black, 0.05-0.55 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
riddled with, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0.02-0.15 |
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foraminifera |
singular, rounded, spherical, white, 0.25 |
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mica |
frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.02-0.05 |
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quartz |
infrequent, angular - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, clear; gray, 0.02-0.52 |
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reddish inclusions |
infrequent, subangular - rounded, spherical - subelongate, reddish brown, 0.05-0.75 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
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