fabric type |
PAE-A-1
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ware |
Transport Amphorae |
supposed site of production |
Paestum |
certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
visual excamination of fresh break |
colour light red, texture middle fine and compact, numerous fine to large inclusions: white, grey, voids |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
red 2.5 YR 5/8 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
irregular |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
5%; void form: channel (0.08-2.8), vughy (0.04-1.32); void length: 0.04-2.8 |
inclusions |
12.5%, length: <0.04-0.6 |
sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
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Inclusions
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quartz |
frequent, well rounded - rounded, angular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, grey, clear, white, 0.04-0.6 |
mica |
infrequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, <0.04-0.04 |
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, roundes - angular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate - elongate, white, yellowish, 0.04-0.6 |
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, yellowish white, 0.04-0.6 |
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, well rounded - rounded, spherical, subelongate, elongate, reddish brown, 0.04-0.28 |
black inclusions |
infrequent, well rounded - subangular, spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.16 |