SAT II/III.@.vps(1-3).cd, 
large angular inclusions / (hardness - ) / (powdery surface)

(pale) orange to grayish firing
 (very) low percentage of opaque angular inclusions
not local

675 - 600 BC

39 diagnostic shards attributed to this fabric

contribution by bachelor student Remco Bronkhorst 2012 

FRESH CROSS SECTION and FABRIC DESCRIPTION

THIN SECTIONS

ASSOCIATED POTTERY

 

FRESH CROSS SECTION

 

S 2150
microscopic appearance of the fabric at a fresh cross section / field of view: 3.1 x 2.0 cm.

 

S 3757
microscopic appearance of the fabric at a fresh cross section / field of view: 3.0 x 1.9 cm.

 

S 4157
microscopic appearance of the fabric at a fresh cross section / field of view: 3.2 x 2.1 cm.

 

S 4157
microscopic appearance of the fabric at an abraded surface / field of view: 4.7 x 3.1 cm.

 

S 4081
microscopic appearance of the fabric at an abraded surface / field of view: 5.8 x 3.5 cm.

 

FABRIC DESCRIPTION

 

The fabric is characterized by a (pale) orange to grayish firing colour, with or without grayish core. It has a (very) low percentage of mainly larger inclusions, though the abraded surface gives a misleading impression of a higher percentage. The hardness is between 2 and 3 on Mohs’ scale or lower. The inclusions show a predominance of almost exclusively opaque white and grayish inclusions. Occasionally these are grayish brown or dark grey. The colour of the fired clay varies, but the predominant Munsell colours are 7.5 YR 6/4 (light brown) and 10 YR 6/4 (light yellowish brown). After refiring under standardized circumstances the colour becomes 5 YR 5/6 (yellowish red) and 7.5 YR 6/4 (light brown) at 600 °C, 5 YR 5/6 (yellowish red) and 7.5 YR 6/6 (reddish yellow) at 800 °C and at 1050 °C the colour becomes 2.5 YR 4/6 (red) and 2.5 YR 6/6 (light red). The fabric shows a very irregular, almost hackly, fracture. The inclusions are very poorly sorted. 
This fabric has no relation to other fabrics from Satricum, because it was not locally produced. Typical for the currently described type of pottery is a mudstone temper (Whitbread 2003, 1-13). 

 

properties of SAT II/III.@.vps(1-3).cd, large angular inclusions / (hardness - ) / (powdery surface) in a fresh cross section (x: absent / p: present)

fabric

SAT II/III.@.vps(1-3).cd, large angular inclusions / (hardness - ) / (powdery surface)

volume of inclusions

2-10%

sorting

very poorly sorted

particle size

125 - >2000

quartzite?

2-7%

flint

-

augite

-

FeMn

-

mica

x-p

leucite

-

tuff

-

rock fragments

-

white powdery inclusions

p

organic inclusions

not detected

 

THIN SECTIONS

 
Thin sections are currently not available.

ASSOCIATED POTTERY

AMPHORAE

HYDRIAI

DINOI (CRATER)

 

AMPHORAE

 

S4157  

Amphora

Coarse ware
Corinthian A amphora with a relatively large diameter of 23 cm, flat at the top. Diameter of the handle is approximately 4.5 cm, the thickness of the rim is 1.3 cm. 

exterior: 10YR 8/4
interior: 2.5Y 8/2
sectiom: 2.5Y 7/1

6 x 6 x 2.5 cm.

Final quarter of the 7th century BC

compare: 
Koehler, C.G., 1979. Corinthian A and B amphoras. Ann Arbor: University Microfilms International, plate 14; nr. 21.
Boss, M., 1993. Die Transportamphoren. In: Cristofani (ed.) Caere: lo scarico arcaico della vigna parrocchiale, vol. 2. Rome: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, p. 334. 
 

 

HYDRIAI

 

  

S2150  

Hydria

Coarse ware
Probably a krater with a protruding rim. Diameter of approximately 27-30 cm. 

exterior: 10YR 8/4
interior: 2.5Y 8/2
section: 2.5Y 7/1

3 x 6 x 3.5 cm.

Heavily abraded. 

compare:

Amyx, D.A. & P. Lawrence, 1975. Archaic Corinthian Pottery and the Anaploga Well. Princeton: The American school of classical studies at Athens., p. 154; nr. An 289.
 

 

DINOI (CRATER)

 

  

S4515 + S5056   

Dinoi / Crater

Coarse ware
Corinthian dinos with a max. diameter of 48-50 cm. The handle consists of a vertical band with raised edges.

exterior: 7.5YR 6/6 – 5YR 6/6
interior: 7.5YR 6/4 with possible traces of white slip 2.5Y 7/3

Wall fragment with handle: 18 x 16 x 0,8-1,0
Handle: 11,5 x 7.8-9.8 x 0,9 x 1.6

Mended, abraded surface (occasionally pitted surface), wheel turned

675-625 BC

compare: 

Brann, E.T.H., 1961. Well groups from the Athenian Agora. Hesperia, p. 344; plate 86. See below:



Brann, E.T.H., 1962. Volume VIII: Late Geometric and Protoattic pottery. Mid 8th to late 7th century B.C. The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, p. 59; plate 13.

Payne, H. & T.J. Dunbabin, 1962. Perachora: the sanctuaries of Hera Akraia and Limenia: excavations of the British school of archaeology at Athens, 1930-1933. Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 65-66; plate 12, nr. 5.  Hesperia, vol. 17, p. 228; plate 84.