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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 archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break colour exterior light brown, interior red, texture coarse and compact, numerous fine to large inclusions: white, grey, black, red, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) exterior light reddish brown 2.5 YR 6/4, light red 2.5 YR 6/8
texture of freshly broken surface irregular
hardness hard
porosity 2.5%; void form: vughy (0.08-0.6), channel (0.08-1.2); void length: 0.08-1.2
inclusions 10%, length: <0.04-1.2
sorting bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt
 

Inclusions

quartz frequent, rounded - angular, spherical - subspherical, elongate, grey, white, clea, 0.06-0.8
mica frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, <0.04-0.04
calciumcarbonate singular, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, 0.04-0.7
carbonate pseudomorphoses singular, rounded, subspherical, white, 0.4-1.2
reddish inclusions infrequent, rounded, angular, spherical, elongate, reddish brown, 0.04-0.4
black inclusions infrequent, subrounded, angular, subspherical, black, 0.04-0.08
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