PAE-A-2

PAE-A-2, M 149/21, 25x

PAE-A-2, M 149/21, 16x

PAE-A-2, M 149/21, 8x

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	colour light brown, texture middle fine and compact, numerous fine to large inclusions: white, red, black, mica, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	reddish yellow 5 YR 6/6
texture of freshly broken surface	irregular
hardness	hard
porosity	2.5%; void form: vughy (0.04-0.24), channel (0.08-0.4); void length: 0.04-0.24
inclusions	15%, length: <0.04-0.72
sorting	bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt
	Inclusions
quartz	very frequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular - angular, spherical - subspherical, elongate, grey, clear, 0.06-0.6
mica	frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, dark, <0.04-0.04
calciumcarbonate	infrequent, well rounded - rounded, spherical - subspherical, elongate, very elongate, white, 0.08-0.6
carbonate pseudomorphoses	singular, rounded, spherical - subspherical, white, grey, 0.08-0.83
reddish inclusions	very frequent, well rounded - subangular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, <0.04-0.72
black inclusions	frequent, well rounded - angular, spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.2
more inclusions1	singular, rounded, subspherical, white, 1.8

vessel form type	Amphora Gassner 4
fragmentation	rim
dimensions	diameter: not id.cm (rim)
chronology of object	Greek-Classic 470-420 B.C.E.
publication	Bechtold 2013c, fig. 19,1 pl. 3,3.
drawing
	Context Data
site of discovery	Jerba Ghizène
registration code of context	GH 180144
registration code of object	GH 180144,5
chronology of context	c. 150 B.C.E.

sample taken	2011, by Sami Ben Tahar, INP Jerba
sample no	M 149/21

Cite this page as: FACEM - http://facem.at/m-149-21

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