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PAE-A-3

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type PAE-A-3
ware Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production Paestum
visual excamination of fresh break reddish yellow, granular; many fine white and dark inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 5YR5/8
texture of freshly broken surface granular
porosity 1%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,24
inclusions 6%, length: 0,24-2
sorting bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt
 

Inclusions

quartz very frequent, angular, spherical, clear; white, 0.4
mica infrequent
reddish inclusions infrequent, rounded, subelongate, 0,6-2
black inclusions frequent, rounded, spherical, black
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