FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 8/41 |
| fabric type |
NA-REG-CBM-2
|
| supposed site of production |
Naples region |
| sample taken |
July 1996, by Maria Trapichler, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| |
Context Data
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| site of discovery |
Velia / Elea Theatre |
| registration code of context |
1811/94 |
| registration code of object |
1811/94 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Ceramic Building Materials |
| object form |
Tile (cross tile) |
| fragmentation |
wall |
| surface description |
smoothed |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
pink, granular; numerous fine to large brown particles, some fine light gray inclusions, sporadic shining light gray inclusions |
| colour of fresh break |
7.5YR8/3 |
| texture of fresh break |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
5%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0.2-2 |
| inclusions |
10%, length: 0.2-2.1 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
black inclusions |
singular, angular, subelongate, brownish black, glassy, 1.8 |
|
brown inclusions |
frequent, angular, spherical - subelongate, light brown, 0.4-1.6 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
riddled with, well rounded, spherical, white, 0.04-0.25 |
|
grey inclusions |
frequent, rounded, subelongate, grey, 0.28-0.8 |
|
quartz |
infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.2-0.8 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RVZ08 |
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