fabric type |
PAE-A-1
|
ware |
Transport Amphorae |
supposed site of production |
Paestum |
certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
visual excamination of fresh break |
colour red, texture middle fine and compact, numerous fine inclusions: white, red, voids, mica |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
red 10 R 5/8 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
irregular |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
2.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.04-0.6 |
inclusions |
15%, length: <0.04-0.4 |
sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
|
Inclusions
|
quartz |
very frequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular - angular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, grey, clear, 0.06-0.4 |
mica |
frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, <0.04-0.04 |
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, white, yellowish white, 0.08-0.28 |
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, grey, yellowish, 0.08-0.4 |
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, well rounded - subrounded, spherical, reddish brown, 0.06-1.0 |
black inclusions |
frequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular, spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.4 |