FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 37/27 |
| fabric type |
PAE-A-3
|
| supposed site of production |
Paestum / Poseidonia |
| fabric previously published as |
IA 9 |
| sample taken |
July 1995, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Ischia / Pithekoussai Scarico Gosetti |
| registration code of object |
SG 160 |
| chronology of context |
disturbed context |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| object form |
Amphora |
| object type |
MGS II (A) |
| chronology of object |
Greek-Classic |
| fragmentation |
handle |
| surface description |
interior: coarse, exterior: thick white slip |
| drawing |
|
| publication |
Di Sandro 1986, sg 160 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
reddish yellow, granular; many fine white inclusions, singular mid-sized dark inclusions |
| colour of fresh break |
5YR6/8 |
| texture of fresh break |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
3%; void form: channel; void length: 0.32 |
| inclusions |
5%, length: 0.12-0.8 |
| sorting |
well sorted sand in different compositions |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
black inclusions |
infrequent, angular, spherical, black |
|
calciumcarbonate |
very frequent, rounded, elongate, white, 0.2 |
|
mica |
infrequent |
|
quartz |
very frequent, rounded, spherical, clear, 0.24 |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, angular, subelongate, red, 0.24-0.6 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RISA 8 |
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