FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 6/72 |
| fabric type |
PAE-A-1
|
| supposed site of production |
Paestum / Poseidonia |
| fabric previously published as |
A 27 |
| sample taken |
July 1994, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Velia / Elea Late Archaic mudbrick houses beneath Insula II, trench 1/88 |
| registration code of context |
3/88 |
| registration code of object |
3/88-23 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| object form |
Amphora |
| object type |
Western Greek amphora, toe 1 |
| chronology of object |
Greek-Early Classic |
| fragmentation |
base |
| surface description |
coarse |
| drawing |
|
| publication |
Gassner 2003, cat. no. IIa.216, pl. 26 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
reddish yellow, granular; sporadic large white, red and dark inclusions, few fine white inclusions |
| colour of fresh break |
5YR6/6 |
| texture of fresh break |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
2.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.12-0.6 |
| inclusions |
15%, length: 0.16-1.2 |
| sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
black inclusions |
frequent, rounded, subelongate, black |
|
foraminifera |
frequent, rounded, subelongate, white, 0.16-1.2 |
|
mica |
frequent |
|
quartz |
very frequent, angular, subelongate, clear, 0.24-1.2 |
|
reddish inclusions |
frequent, rounded, subelongate, red, 0.4-1.2 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RVA003 |
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