

PAE-A-3, M 119/218, 25x


PAE-A-3, M 119/218, 16x


PAE-A-3, M 119/218, 8x
fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
fabric type | PAE-A-3 |
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fabric previously published as | Impasto 82 |
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 and some large inclusions: white, gray, red, mica |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | light red 2.5 YR 6/6 |
texture of freshly broken surface | irregular |
hardness | hard |
porosity | 3.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.04-1.0 |
inclusions | 15%, length: 0.04-1.0 |
sorting | unsorted |
Inclusions |
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quartz | very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, subangular - angular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, grey, clear, white, 0.04-1.0 |
mica | very frequent, spherical, angular, elongate, white, dark, <0.04-0.04 |
calciumcarbonate | riddled with, well rounded - subrounded, angular, spherical - subspherical, subelongate, elongate, white, 0.04-0.4 |
carbonate pseudomorphoses | frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, yellowish white, 0.08-0.24 |
reddish inclusions | very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, angular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, <0.04-0.4 |
black inclusions | frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.64 |
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