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 and interior light brown, core light red, texture middle fine and compact, numerous fine and some large inclusions: white, grey, mica, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	exterior and interior light reddish brown 2.5 YR 6/4, core light red 2.5 YR 6/8
texture of freshly broken surface	granular
hardness	hard
porosity	5%; void form: vughy (0.04-1.2), channel (0.08-0.84); void length: 0.04-1.2
inclusions	15%, length: <0.04-0.76
sorting	bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt
	Inclusions
quartz	very frequent, rounded - subrounded, subangular - angular, spherical - subspherical, elongate, grey, clear, white, 0.08-0.48
mica	infrequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, <0.04-0.08
calciumcarbonate	singular, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, yellowish white, 0.12-0.28
carbonate pseudomorphoses	frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, greyish, 0.06-0.32
reddish inclusions	infrequent, rounded, spherical, reddish brown, 0.08-0.76
black inclusions	infrequent, rounded, subspherical, black, 0.08-0.28

vessel form type	Amphora MGS III/Gassner 8a
fragmentation	rim
surface description	grey slip 2.5 YR 5/2
chronology of object	Greek-Hellenistic 330-280 B.C.E.
publication	Bechtold 2013c, fig. 19,4; Bechtold (forthcoming 3), cat. 231.
drawing
	Context Data
site of discovery	Selinunte / Selinus Temple B
registration code of context	saggio H, US 4
registration code of object	saggio H, US 4, P09.45
chronology of context	310-290 B.C.E.

sample taken	2011, by Babette Bechtold, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
sample no	M 154/43

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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