FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 222/1
representative sample for PAE-REG-FT-2 |
| fabric type |
PAE-REG-FT-2
|
| supposed site of production |
Paestum region |
| sample taken |
2017, by Antonia Serritella |
| |
Context Data
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| site of discovery |
Capodifiume Cassetta 119 - N9 IIA |
| registration code of context |
stray find |
| registration code of object |
CDF10, Cassetta 119 - N9 IIA |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Figural Terracotta |
| object form |
Figurine |
| object type |
bust |
| fragmentation |
fragmentation not specified |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
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| visual examination of fresh break |
reddish brown, core dark reddish gray, irregular fracture, some fine to large white particles, some large black and brown inclusions, mica |
| colour of fresh break |
2.5YR 5/4, core 2.5YR 4/1 |
| texture of fresh break |
hackly |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
7.5%; void form: channel; vughy; void length: 0.05-1.5 |
| inclusions |
20%, length: 0.025-1.5 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
black inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, black, 0.05-0.75 |
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calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, rounded, subspherical, white, partly dissolved, 0.05-0.75 |
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mica |
infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.025-0.05 |
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quartz |
very frequent, angular, spherical - elongate, clear, 0.075-1.5 |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, well rounded, subspherical, orange red, 0.05-0.25 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section, chemical analysis |
| analysis author |
Alberto De Bonis |
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