PAE-A-2

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	PAE-A-2
ware	Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production	Paestum
certainty of arguments	archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break	exterior light red, core grey, texture coarse and compact, numerous fine to large inclusions: white, grey, black, red, mica
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	exterior reddish yellow 5 YR 6/6, core reddish grey 5 YR 5/2
texture of freshly broken surface	granular
hardness	hard
porosity	5%; void form: vughy (0.04-0.8), channel (0.08-0.8); void length: 0.04-0.8
inclusions	15%, length: <0.04-2.4
sorting	unsorted
	Inclusions
quartz	very frequent, rounded - subrounded, subangular - angular, spherical - subspherical, subelongate, clear, grey, white, 0.06-2.0
mica	frequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.08
calciumcarbonate	singular, rounded, subspherical, white, 0.24-1.8
carbonate pseudomorphoses	infrequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, 0.24-0.56
reddish inclusions	infrequent, rounded - subrounded, sherical - subspherical, subelongate, reddish brown, 0.52-0.7
black inclusions	very frequent, well rounded - rounded, spherical - subspherical, black, 0.04-2.4

vessel form type	Amphora
fragmentation	handle
chronology of object	undatable
	Context Data
site of discovery	Jerba Ghizène
registration code of context	GH 110206
registration code of object	GH 110206,17
chronology of context	6th century C.E.

sample taken	2011, by Sami Ben Tahar, INP Jerba
sample no	M 149/17

Cite this page as: FACEM - http://facem.at/m-149-17

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