This paper presents the results of the compositional study of 29 samples of mortar from the so-called "Garum Shop" (I, 12, 8) at Pompeii in Southern Italy. The characterization of the samples yielded information on the raw materials used in the mixtures, the production technology of mortars, and the building phases. It was carried out through polarized optical microscopy, X-ray powder diffraction, X-ray fluorescence, microanalysis energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopic microanalysis, and image analysis through the JMicroVision software. The resultant data show great compositional homogeneity among the samples, suggesting the presence of a principal construction phase, probably associated with the first phase of the house. Apart from this main construction phase, there are some samples that show differences related either to their different function or to the fact that they come from different construction phases or restoration works. The raw materials used are related to the geology of the area and are fully compatible with the pyroclastic deposits of Vesuvius. C 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
the ERAAUB, Consolidated Group (2014 SGR 845); the Ramon y Cajal contract (RYC 2013-13369). These results are also part of the on-going projects HAR-43599-P &
Il presente lavoro ha per oggetto una classe di materiale ceramico, quella degli unguentari tardo antichi, solo recentemente venuta all’attenzione del mondo scientifico e piuttosto diffusa nel bacino del Mediterraneo e specialmente in quello orientale. Molte sono le problematiche connesse a questo tipo di contenitore fittile : di particolare importanza è la questione della sua produzione e diffusione. Il corpus degli unguentari tardo antichi dagli scavi del martyrion di Hierapolis qui presentato costituisce un contributo verso una maggior precisazione del quadro della distribuzione e circolazione di questi contenitori fittili in Anatolia e dunque, più in generale, nel Mediterraneo. Contemporaneamente i risultati preliminari d’analisi minero-petrografiche recentemente effettuate, permettono di impostare sul piano scientifico l’importante tema delle aree di produzione di questa classe di materiale.
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