FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 6/30 |
| fabric type |
VEL-A-2
|
| supposed site of production |
Velia / Elea |
| sample taken |
July 1994, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Velia / Elea Lower City, crossroad, trench 1/89 |
| registration code of context |
38/89 |
| registration code of object |
38/89 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| object form |
Amphora |
| chronology of object |
Greek-Classic |
| fragmentation |
wall |
| surface description |
coarse |
| publication |
Gassner et al. 2014, 240 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
reddish brown, granular; many quartz particles |
| colour of fresh break |
5YR5/8 |
| texture of fresh break |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
5%; void form: channel; void length: 0.12-1.2 |
| inclusions |
20%, length: 0.16-1.4 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
black inclusions |
riddled with, rounded, spherical, black |
|
mica |
infrequent |
|
quartz |
riddled with, angular, subelongate, white; clear, 0.16-1.4 |
|
reddish inclusions |
frequent, rounded, subelongate, red, 0.08-0.4 |
| | 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, 248-51 |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RVA001a |
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