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 |
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Inclusions
|
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 |