FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 6/116 |
| fabric type |
VEL-A-3
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| supposed site of production |
Velia / Elea |
| sample taken |
July 1997, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
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Context Data
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| site of discovery |
Velia / Elea Lower City, crossroad, trench 1/90 |
| registration code of context |
27/90 |
| registration code of object |
27/90-45 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| object form |
Amphora |
| object type |
Western Greek amphora, Gassner's rim type 3 |
| chronology of object |
Greek-Classic |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| surface description |
coarse |
| drawing |
|
| publication |
Gassner et al. 2014, 240; cat. 127, fig.26 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
yellowish red, granular; many fine to large white inclusions, medium-sized dark inclusions, some large to very large red inclusions, mica |
| colour of fresh break |
5YR5/8 |
| texture of fresh break |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
3%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.08-0.6 |
| inclusions |
10%, length: 0.04-1.6 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
grey inclusions |
infrequent, angular, spherical, dark grey, 0.6-1.6 |
|
mica |
riddled with, 0.02-0.04 |
|
quartz |
very frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.2-0.4 |
|
reddish inclusions |
very frequent, angular, spherical, light red, 0.4-1.6 |
|
red iron oxide concretions |
infrequent, angular, spherical, rusty brown;rusty brown, 0.2-0.6 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| publication (of analysis) |
Gassner et al. 2014, 248 |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RVA001 |
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