| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| fabric type |
PAE-CBM-1
|
| ware |
Ceramic Building Materials |
| supposed site of production |
Paestum |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
reddish yellow, granular; numerous small white inclusions, some mid-sized dark inclusions, mica |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
5YR6/6 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
2.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,12-0,32 |
| inclusions |
25%, length: 0,02-1,6 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
very frequent, angular, spherical, clear; white, 0.2-0,8 |
|
mica |
frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,02-0,04 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0,12-0,25 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0,04-0,24 |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, reddish brown, 0,2-0,8 |
|
grey inclusions |
frequent, subangular, spherical - subspherical, dark grey, 0,04-0,8 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| vessel form type |
Tile (cross tile) |
| fragmentation |
fragmentation not specified |
| surface description |
coarse |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Paestum
Foce del Sele, sector 7100, unit of stratification 9/10 |
| chronology of context |
6th cent. BC |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RPZ 1 |
| sample taken |
July 1994, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| sample no |
M 24/5 |
| status of sample |
sample surplus and heavy mineral analysis surplus available |
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