FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 8/49 |
| fabric type |
VEL-CBM-4
|
| supposed site of production |
Velia / Elea |
| sample taken |
September 1996, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
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Context Data
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| site of discovery |
Velia / Elea Late Archaic mudbrick houses beneath Insula II, room 10, trench 6/91 D, level 14 |
| registration code of context |
628/91 |
| registration code of object |
628/91 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Ceramic Building Materials |
| object form |
Tile (cross tile) |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| surface description |
coarse |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
brown and reddish grey; irregular, numerous fine to very large white inclusions, many medium-sized to large dark gray particles |
| colour of fresh break |
7.5YR5/2, 5YR5/2 |
| texture of fresh break |
irregular |
| hardness |
very hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
8%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0.04-2.4 |
| inclusions |
25%, length: 0.04-2.5 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
grey inclusions |
very frequent, angular, spherical, dark grey, 0.4-1.4 |
|
mica |
infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.04 |
|
quartz |
very frequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, clear; white, 0.08-1 |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, rust coloured, 0.4-2 |
|
white inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, elongate, yellowish white, soft, 0.2-0.6 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RVZ01 |
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