PAE-A-1, M 154/55, 25x
PAE-A-1, M 154/55, 16x
PAE-A-1, M 154/55, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
| 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 light red, texture middle fine and compact, numerous fine to large inclusions: white, grey, mica, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | red 2.5 YR 5/6 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | irregular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 2.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.04-0.48 |
| inclusions | 15%, length: <0.04-1.2 |
| 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, subelongate - elongate, grey, white, clear, 0.06-0.52 |
| mica | frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, <0.04-0.04 |
| calciumcarbonate | infrequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, yellowish white, 0.04-0.4 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, yellowish, 0.08-1.2 |
| reddish inclusions | frequent, well rounded - rounded, angular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, 0.04-1.0 |
| black inclusions | infrequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular, spherical - subsherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.88 |
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