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VEL-C-6, M 3/96, scale bar 0.15mm
VEL-C-6, M 3/96, scale bar 0.3mm
VEL-C-6, M 3/96, 25x
VEL-C-6, M 3/96, 16x
VEL-C-6, M 3/96, 8x
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
| sample no |
M 3/96
representative sample for VEL-C-6 |
| fabric type |
VEL-C-6
|
| supposed site of production |
Velia / Elea |
| sample taken |
July 1998, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Velia / Elea Late Archaic mudbrick houses beneath Insula II |
| registration code of context |
17/87 |
| registration code of object |
17/87 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Coarse Wares |
| fragmentation |
wall |
| surface description |
coarse |
| publication |
Gassner et al. 2014, 224 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
brown, irregular; numerous white inclusions |
| colour of fresh break |
7.5YR4/4 |
| texture of fresh break |
irregular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
10%; void form: channel; vughy; void length: 0.04-0.6 |
| inclusions |
20%, length: 0.02-0.8 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
brown inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, light brown, 0.12 |
|
mica |
infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.02-0.04 |
|
quartz |
very frequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, white; clear, 0.08-0.8 |
|
reddish inclusions |
frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, rust coloured, 0.12-0.6 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| publication (of analysis) |
Gassner et al. 2014, 234-37 |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RVGK01a |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
| sample number |
M 3/96 |
| name of author |
Roman Sauer |
| institution of author |
University of Applied Arts Vienna, Department of Archaeometry |
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