FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 4/14 |
| fabric type |
PAE-G-5
|
| supposed site of production |
Paestum / Poseidonia |
| sample taken |
by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Velia / Elea Late Archaic mudbrick houses beneath Insula II |
| registration code of context |
87/88 |
| registration code of object |
87/88-5 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Glazed Wares |
| object form |
Jug |
| object type |
or mug |
| fragmentation |
base |
| surface description |
glazed shining black |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
pink, hackly; isolated small white inclusions |
| colour of fresh break |
7.5YR7/4 |
| texture of fresh break |
hackly |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
2%; void form: channel; vughy; void length: 0.08-0.8 |
| inclusions |
1%, length: 4-0.2 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
riddled with, rounded, spherical, white, 0.04 |
|
grey inclusions |
infrequent, subrounded, spherical, grey, 0.04-0.08 |
|
mica |
infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.04 |
|
quartz |
infrequent, angular, elongate, clear, 0.08-0.12 |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, rust coloured, 0.04-0.08 |
|
white inclusions |
singular, rounded, very elongate, white, 0.4 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RVG 07 |
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