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PAE-A-3

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type PAE-A-3
ware Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production Paestum
certainty of arguments archaeometric: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break light red, granular; numerous fine to large white particles, some medium-sized brown and dark gray inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 10R6/6
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 2.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,08-0.24
inclusions 3.5%, length: 0.16-4.6
sorting poorly sorted silt
 

Inclusions

quartz infrequent, angular, spherical, clear; white, 0.16-0.16
mica singular
reddish inclusions infrequent, rounded, spherical, red, 0.08-4.6
black inclusions infrequent, rounded, subelongate, black
foraminifera singular, snail, white, 2.8
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