| fabric type |
PAE-A-2
|
| 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, red, mica, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
reddish yellow 5 YR 6/8 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
irregular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
2.5%; void form: vughy (0.04-0.24, singular 0.48), channel (0.08-0.16, singular 0.2); void length: 0.04-0.48 |
| inclusions |
15%, length: <0.04-2.0 |
| sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
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Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
very frequent, rounded, subangular - angular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, grey, white, clear, 0.06-2.0 |
|
mica |
very frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, dark, <0.04-0.12 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, 0.08-0.32 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, grey, 0.16-0.5 |
|
reddish inclusions |
frequent, well rounded, angular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-1.0 |
|
black inclusions |
infrequent, well rounded - angular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, 0.12-0.6 |
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