FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 2/137
representative sample for PAE-G-6 |
| fabric type |
PAE-G-6
|
| supposed site of production |
Paestum / Poseidonia |
| sample taken |
by Maria Trapichler, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Velia / Elea Castelluccio, trench 4/02 |
| registration code of context |
US 403/02 |
| registration code of object |
403/02-2 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Glazed Wares |
| object form |
Bowl |
| object type |
deep bowl, thickened rim |
| chronology of object |
Greek-Early Hellenistic |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| surface description |
glazed very dark gray glaze |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
light brown to gray, granular |
| colour of fresh break |
7.5YR6/5 |
| texture of fresh break |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
7.5%; void form: chambers; void length: 0.04 |
| inclusions |
5%, length: 0.04-0.5 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
black inclusions |
frequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, black, 0.04-0.08 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, well rounded, spherical, yellowish white, 0.4 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
riddled with, well rounded, very spherical, white, 0.04-0.06 |
|
mica |
infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.02-0.04 |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, well rounded, subspherical, rust coloured, 0.16 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
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