VEL-A-3

VEL-A-3, M 165/41, 25x

VEL-A-3, M 165/41, 16x

VEL-A-3, M 165/41, 8x

object data

fabric description

archaeometry

sample no	M 165/41
fabric type	VEL-A-3
supposed site of production	Velia / Elea
sample taken	1994, by Babette Bechtold, Soprintendenza BB.CC.AA Trapani
	Context Data
site of discovery	Segesta SG 93 SAS 7
interpretation of context	public
registration code of context	SG 93 SAS 7 US 5253
registration code of object	SG 5253-11
chronology of context	300-270 B.C.E.
	Object
ware	Transport Amphorae
object form	Amphora
object type	MGS III-V
chronology of object	Greek-Hellenistic 330-250 B.C.E.
fragmentation	rim
dimensions	diameter: not id.cm (rim)
drawing
publication	Bechtold 2008a, 568, cat. 43; Bechtold 2013c, fig. 22,14.

	Visual Examination of Fresh Break
visual examination of fresh break	colour light red, exterior reddish grey, texture middle fine and compact, numerous fine and some large inclusions: white, grey, black
colour of fresh break	exterior reddish brown 2.5 YR 5/4, interior and core light red 2.5 YR 6/8
texture of fresh break	regular
hardness	hard
	Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope (all lengths in mm)
porosity	4.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.04-0.64 (singular 2.08)
inclusions	7.5%, length: <0.04-1.2
sorting	bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt
	Inclusions (all lengths in mm)
black inclusions	frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, 0.04-1.2
calciumcarbonate	frequent, subrounded, subspherical, subelongate, white, 0.04-0.32
carbonate pseudomorphoses	frequent, subrounded, subspherical, subelongate, white, yellowish, 0.04-0.48
mica	frequent, spherical, angular, elongate, white, dark, <0.04-0.04
quartz	frequent, rounded - subrounded, angular - very angular, spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, clear, grey, 0.04-0.88
reddish inclusions	frequent, rounded - subangular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown;reddish brown, <0.04-1.0

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Distribution of fabric type
“VEL-A-3”

production discovery

Representative sample for
“VEL-A-3”

M 6/3

There are 10 more samples assigned to fabric type
“VEL-A-3”.

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Context Data

Object

Visual Examination of Fresh Break

Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope (all lengths in mm)

Inclusions (all lengths in mm)

Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)

Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)