PAE-A-2

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	PAE-A-2
ware	Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production	Paestum
certainty of arguments	archaeometric: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break	yellowish red, granular; some fine to medium-sized white particles, few brown inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	5YR5/6
texture of freshly broken surface	granular
hardness	hard
porosity	4%; void form: channel; void length: 0,08-0.6
inclusions	5%, length: 0.2-0.8
sorting	poorly sorted silt
	Inclusions
quartz	very frequent, angular, subelongate, clear, 0.2-0.8
mica	infrequent
reddish inclusions	singular, rounded, spherical, red

vessel form type	Amphora MGS IV (A)
fragmentation	rim
dimensions	diameter: 13cm (rim)
surface description	slipped white, 10YR8/2
chronology of object	Greek-Hellenistic
	Context Data
site of discovery	Velia Insula II, room 10, ditch for the foundation
registration code of context	3006/92
registration code of object	3006/92-8
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	b
sample taken	September 10, 1992, by Hannah Liko, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University
sample no	M 10/5
status of sample	no remains

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Distribution of fabric type
“PAE-A-2”

Velia Velia Velia Velia Carthage Pantelleria Jerba Jerba Jerba Selinunte / Selinus Selinunte / Selinus Paestum Paestum Paestum Paestum Paestum Paestum Paestum Paestum Paestum Paestum Paestum

production sampling

Representative sample for
“PAE-A-2”

M 6/26

There are 10 more samples assigned to fabric type
“PAE-A-2”.

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Inclusions

Context Data