PAE-A-3

PAE-A-3, M 10/23, 25x

PAE-A-3, M 10/23, 16x

PAE-A-3, M 10/23, 8x

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	PAE-A-3
ware	Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production	Velia
certainty of arguments	archaeometric: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break	red, granular; numerous white, brown and black inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	2.5YR6/8
texture of freshly broken surface	granular
hardness	hard
porosity	2%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,08-0,36
inclusions	5%, length: 0.28-1.6
sorting	bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt
	Inclusions
quartz	very frequent, angular, spherical, clear; white, 0.4-1
calciumcarbonate	singular, rounded, subelongate, greyish white, 1.6
reddish inclusions	infrequent, rounded, spherical, red, 0.28
black inclusions	frequent, rounded, spherical, black

vessel form type	Amphora Western Greek amphora, Gassner's rim 3
fragmentation	rim
surface description	slipped brown
chronology of object	Greek-Classic
	Context Data
site of discovery	Velia Insula II, room 10, ditch for the foundation
registration code of context	210/89
registration code of object	210/89-12
chronology of context	residual in Roman context

applied method for sample analysis	thin section and heavy mineral analysis
analysis author	Roman Sauer
petrographic mineralogical type	a
sample taken	June 28, 1989, by Hannah Liko, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University
sample no	M 10/23
status of sample	no remains

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Distribution of fabric type
“PAE-A-3”

production sampling

Representative sample for
“PAE-A-3”

M 6/77

There are 16 more samples assigned to fabric type
“PAE-A-3”.

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Inclusions

Context Data