FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 2/125 |
| fabric type |
VEL-G-3
|
| supposed site of production |
Velia / Elea |
| sample taken |
July 1998, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Velia / Elea Acropolis |
| registration code of context |
215/96 |
| registration code of object |
215/96-7 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Glazed Wares |
| object form |
Cup |
| object type |
foot |
| chronology of object |
Greek-Classic |
| fragmentation |
base |
| surface description |
glazed dark brown glaze, 10YR3/3 |
| publication |
Gassner et al. 2014, 203 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
reddish yellow, granular; brown inclusions, mica |
| colour of fresh break |
7.5YR6/6 |
| texture of fresh break |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.04-0.6 |
| inclusions |
1%, length: 0.04-0.28 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
black iron oxide concretions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, black, 0.08-0.2 |
|
mica |
very frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.02-0.08 |
|
quartz |
frequent, angular, spherical, clear, 0.08-0.24 |
|
red iron oxide concretions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, rusty brown, 0.12-0.28 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| publication (of analysis) |
Gassner et al. 2014, 219-20 |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RVG02 |
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