FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 2/23 |
| fabric type |
PAE-G-3
|
| supposed site of production |
Paestum / Poseidonia |
| sample taken |
July 1994, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
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Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Velia / Elea Late Archaic mudbrick houses beneath Insula II, trench 4/92 |
| registration code of context |
417/92 |
| registration code of object |
417/92-2 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Glazed Wares |
| object form |
Cupskyphos |
| chronology of object |
Greek-Classic |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| surface description |
glazed dull black glaze, interior from about 0,5 cm below rim worn |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
pale brown, granular; fine white inclusions |
| colour of fresh break |
10YR5/4 |
| texture of fresh break |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
7.5%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0.12-0.24 |
| inclusions |
5%, length: 0.02-0.24 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, subrounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0.08-0.2 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
very frequent, well rounded, spherical, white, 0.04-0.08 |
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grey inclusions |
frequent, subrounded, spherical, grey, 0.04-0.2 |
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mica |
infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.04 |
|
quartz |
infrequent, angular, spherical, clear, 0.04-0.2 |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, rust coloured, 0.08-0.2 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section, heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RVG 08 |
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