| fabric type |
PAE-A-1
|
| fabric previously published as |
F. 46 |
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
Paestum |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
colour light brown, core red, texture middle fine and compact, numerous fine to large inclusions: white, grey |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
exterior and interior light reddish brown 2.5 YR 6/4, core light red 2.5 YR 6/8 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
irregular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
2.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.04-0.28 |
| inclusions |
15%, length: <0.04-0.52 |
| sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
| |
Inclusions
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|
quartz |
very frequent, rounded - subrounded, angular, spherical - subspherical, white, grey, clear, 0.04-0.52 |
|
mica |
frequent, spherical, angular, elongate, white, <0.04-0.06 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, rounded - subangular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - very elongate, white, 0.08-0.4 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
very frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, grey, 0.08-0.45 |
|
reddish inclusions |
frequent, subrounded - angular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, 0.08-0.4 |
|
black inclusions |
frequent, subrounded - angular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.45 |
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