| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
fabric type |
PAE-A-1
|
ware |
Transport Amphorae |
supposed site of production |
Paestum |
visual excamination of fresh break |
yellowish red, granular; many fine white inclusions, singular mid-sized dark inclusions |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
5YR5/6 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
porosity |
3%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,12 |
inclusions |
5%, length: 0,2-0,4 |
sorting |
well sorted sand in different compositions |
|
Inclusions
|
quartz |
very frequent, angular, spherical, clear, 0.2 |
mica |
singular |
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0.2 |
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, light red, 0,4 |
black inclusions |
frequent, rounded, spherical, black |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
vessel form type |
Amphora |
fragmentation |
fragmentation not specified |
surface description |
coarse, remains of thick white slip |
|
Context Data
|
site of discovery |
Ischia Scarico Gosetti |
registration code of object |
SG 150 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
petrographic mineralogical type |
RISA 8 |
sample taken |
July 1995, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
sample no |
M 37/26 |
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