🆔 Identification

ID#147
SiteLes Martres-de-Veyre
PeriodRoman Period
ContextFunerary
Archaeological ContextDépôt dans un vase en céramique noire dans une sépulture à inhumation (tombe F) - Deposit in a black ceramic vase in a burial site (grave F)
InterpretationGruel
Researcher IDBOUILLET J.-B.
PublishedYes

📍 Location

SiteLes Martres-de-Veyre
GPS Coordinates Lat: 45.680763227606, Long: 3.2021934870604
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentPuy-de-dôme
CityLes Martres-de-Veyre

🔍 Excavation

Excavation nameLes Martres-de-Veyre
SupervisorNot specified
Start date1893
End date1893
Sampling methodIn Situ
Context integrityIn Situ
Form in structureAttached to an archaeological object

⏳ Dating

Dating typeNot specified
Dating methodNot specified
Dating (text)Haut Empire
Standardized dates (BP) 1975 – 1715

📏 Physical Characteristics

TypologyAmorphous
ShapeAmorphous
Weight36 g
Dimensions
Max (L×W×H) 65 × — × 25 cm
Min (L×W×H) Not specified
Real (L×W×T) Not specified

🛡️ Conservation & Surface

Conservation stateNot specified
Preservation conditionNot specified
PorosityNot specified
TextureNot specified
OrnamentationNot specified
Upper surfaceNot specified
Lower surfaceNot specified

📝 Additional Descriptions

Comments
Looks like a tart or a cake with a fruit "compote". Mass of crushed fruit, probably apples, perhaps pear (Pyrus sp.).
Reference
AUDOLLENT A. (1923) - Les tombes gallo-romaines à inhumation des Martres-de-Veyre (Puy-de-Dôme). In: Mémoires présentés par divers savants à l'Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres de l'Institut de France. Première série, Sujets divers d'érudition. Tome 13, 1e partie. pp. 275-328 DOI:10.3406/mesav.1923.1108;

🔬 Microscopic Observations

Primary Particles

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ClassPlant
Organization
Plant typesFruit flesh
TaxonomyPossibly Malus sp. (fruit flesh)
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