FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 273/1 |
| fabric type |
LAT-C-2
|
| supposed site of production |
Rome |
| sample taken |
by Agnese Fischetti |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Rome Ciampino |
| interpretation of context |
sacred |
| registration code of object |
CRV1 |
| chronology of context |
3rd century BCE |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Coarse Wares |
| object form |
Cooking Pot |
| object type |
Olcese 2003, Type 1 |
| chronology of object |
Roman-Middle Republican |
| fragmentation |
rim, body |
| surface description |
smoothed |
| drawing |
|
| publication |
Borgers and Fischetti 2003 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
Munsell Value HUE 5 YR 6/8 |
| colour of fresh break |
Reddish Yellow |
| texture of fresh break |
smooth |
| hardness |
very hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
5-10%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.1-0.2 |
| inclusions |
10-15%, length: 0.2-0.7 |
| sorting |
well-sorted sand in different compositions |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
black inclusions |
frequent, subangular, very elongate, black, 0.2-0.5 |
|
black iron oxide concretions |
frequent, rounded, dark, 0.2-0.5 |
|
brown inclusions |
frequent, subrounded, subspherical, dark, 0.5-0.7 |
|
grey inclusions |
frequent, subangular;subrounded, subspherical, white;gray;gray, 0.2-0.3 |
|
quartz |
infrequent, white, 0.1-0.2 |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, subrounded;rounded, elongate, red, 0.2-0.4 |
|
white inclusions |
frequent, angular, clear, 0.2-0.5 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section |
| analysis author |
Barbara Borgers |
| publication (of analysis) |
Borgers and Fischetti 2023 |
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