FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 8/22 |
| fabric type |
ISC-CBM-5
|
| supposed site of production |
Ischia / Pithekoussai |
| sample taken |
July 1996, by Maria Trapichler, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Velia / Elea Theatre |
| registration code of object |
231/93 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Ceramic Building Materials |
| object form |
Tile (roof tile) |
| fragmentation |
fragmentation not specified |
| surface description |
coarse coarse |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
white, fine; many large darkgray, few large brown inclusions and quartz |
| colour of fresh break |
10YR 8/2 |
| texture of fresh break |
fine |
| hardness |
soft |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
7%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.12-1.6 |
| inclusions |
20%, length: 0.08-1.6 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
riddled with, well rounded, spherical, white, 0.02-0.04 |
|
grey inclusions |
very frequent, subrounded, spherical - subspherical, dark grey, 0.4-1.6 |
|
quartz |
frequent, angular, spherical, clear; white, 0.2-0.8 |
|
reddish inclusions |
frequent, rounded, subspherical, rust coloured, 0.08-0.8 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RVZ06 |
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