FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 232/1 |
| fabric type |
PAE-G-6
|
| supposed site of production |
Paestum / Poseidonia |
| sample taken |
2017, by Antonia Serritella |
| |
Context Data
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| site of discovery |
Paestum / Poseidonia Andriuolo, Excavation 1970 |
| registration code of context |
stray find |
| registration code of object |
AND1 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Glazed Wares Paestan red figured, Asteas |
| object form |
Krater |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
light reddish brown, edges gray, fine grained fracture surface; numerous fine white inclusions |
| texture of fresh break |
fine |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
2.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.025-0.25 |
| inclusions |
5%, length: 0.025-0.3 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
black inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, black; brownish black, 0.025-0.12 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
very frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0.05-0.3 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
riddled with, well rounded, spherical, white, 0.025-0.12 |
|
mica |
very frequent, angular, spherical; very elongate, dark; white, 0.025-0.15 |
|
quartz |
infrequent, angular, spherical, clear, 0.025-0.25 |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, subspherical, reddish brown, 0.25 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section, chemical analysis |
| analysis author |
Alberto De Bonis |
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