FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 26/24 |
| fabric type |
PAE-C-1
|
| supposed site of production |
Paestum / Poseidonia |
| sample taken |
2017, by Bianca Ferrara |
| |
Context Data
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| site of discovery |
Paestum / Poseidonia Heraion at the Sele river mouth |
| registration code of object |
P168.5 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Coarse Wares ceramica comune depurata |
| object form |
Amphora |
| object type |
Table Amphora |
| chronology of object |
5th to 3rd c. BC |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
breaks irregulary, some fine white and dark inclusions |
| colour of fresh break |
2.5YR 6/8 |
| texture of fresh break |
irregular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
5%; void form: chambers; void length: 0.05-1 |
| inclusions |
20%, length: 0.025-0.75 |
| sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
black iron oxide concretions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, black, 0.1-0.25 |
|
brown inclusions |
frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, brown, 0.25-0.4 |
|
grey inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, grey, 0.25 |
|
mica |
infrequent, angular, very spherical - very elongate, white; dark, 0.025-0.1 |
|
quartz |
frequent, angular, spherical, clear; white, 0.1-0.6 |
|
red iron oxide concretions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, reddish brown, 0.2-0.25 |
|
white inclusions |
frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, white; brown rim, 0.25-0.5 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section, chemical analysis |
| analysis author |
Alberto De Bonis |
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