FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 53/2 |
| fabric type |
CAL-G-3
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| supposed site of production |
Calabria |
| sample taken |
July 1995, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| |
Context Data
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| site of discovery |
Reggio di Calabria / Rhegion Vico la Russa, Cistern 1990 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Glazed Wares |
| fragmentation |
wall |
| surface description |
glazed interior: dark brown glaze, 7.5YR 4/2 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
pink, granular; micacious |
| colour of fresh break |
7.5YR8/4 |
| texture of fresh break |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
5%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0.04-0.5 |
| inclusions |
5%, length: 0.02-0.3 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
black inclusions |
infrequent, angular, spherical, black, 0.04-0.06 |
|
brown inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, rusty brown, 0.08-0.16 |
|
foraminifera |
infrequent, well rounded, spherical, white, 0.04-0.08 |
|
mica |
very frequent, angular, spherical, White; dark, 0.02-0.16 |
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quartz |
infrequent, angular, spherical, clear, 0.08-0.16 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RRG1 |
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