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PAE-A-4, M 154/52, 16x


PAE-A-4, M 154/52, 8x
fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
fabric type | PAE-A-4 |
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ware | Transport Amphorae |
supposed site of production | Paestum |
certainty of arguments | archaeological: quite certain |
visual excamination of fresh break | colour yellowish brown, texture middle fine and compact, numerous fine and some large inclusions: white, grey, red, mica, voids |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | light red 2.5 YR 6/8 |
texture of freshly broken surface | granular |
hardness | hard |
porosity | 7.5%; void form: vughy (0.04-1.0), channel (0.12-0,4); void length: 0.04-1.0 |
inclusions | 17.5%, length: <0.04-1.0 |
sorting | bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
Inclusions |
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quartz | very frequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular - angular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, grey, white, clear, 0.08-1.0 |
mica | frequent, spherical, angular, white, <0.04 |
calciumcarbonate | singular, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, yellowish, 0.12-0.7 |
carbonate pseudomorphoses | infrequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, 0.16-0.6 |
reddish inclusions | frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - spherical, subelongate, elongate, reddish brown, red, 0.04-0.88 |
black inclusions | infrequent, rounded, very spherical, elongate - subelongate, black, 0.06-0.56 |
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