FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 2/27 |
| fabric type |
VEL-G-4
|
| supposed site of production |
Velia / Elea |
| sample taken |
July 1994, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Velia / Elea Late Archaic mudbrick houses beneath Insula II, trench 6/92 |
| registration code of context |
6012/92 |
| registration code of object |
6012/92-2 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Glazed Wares |
| object form |
Skyphos |
| fragmentation |
base |
| dimensions |
diameter: 5cm (base) |
| surface description |
glazed exterior: greenish brown dull glaze, interior: worn |
| publication |
Gassner 2003, cat. no. IIa.82, pl. 16 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
light brown; few fine white inclusions, mica |
| colour of fresh break |
10YR6/4 |
| texture of fresh break |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
10%; void form: channel; void length: 0.24-1.6 |
| inclusions |
2.5%, length: 0.44 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
black inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, black, 0.04-0.3 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
very spherical, Roundend/Well-rounded, yellowish white |
|
mica |
infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.02-0.04 |
|
quartz |
infrequent, angular, subelongate, clear, 0.44 |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, rust coloured, 0.04-0.2 |
| | 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 |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RVG02 |
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