| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| fabric type |
PAE-REG-FT-4
|
| ware |
Figural Terracotta |
| supposed site of production |
Paestum region |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
light brown, core gray; irregular fracture surface; numerous white and dark inclusions |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
7.5YR 5/4 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
irregular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
10%; void form: channel; void length: 0.05-0.75 |
| inclusions |
10%, length: 0.025-1 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
frequent, angular, spherical, clear; white, 0.05-0.3 |
|
mica |
frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.025 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, rounded, spherical - subelongate, white, 0.1-1 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
infrequent, well rounded, spherical, white, 0.2-0.5 |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, reddish brown, 0.075-0.5 |
|
black inclusions |
frequent, well rounded, spherical - subspherical, black, 0.05-0.25 |
|
more inclusions1 |
infrequent, very angular, subelongate, clear, 0.1-0.5 |
|
more inclusions2 |
infrequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, black, 0.2-0.25 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| vessel form type |
Figurine |
| fragmentation |
fragmentation not specified |
| chronology of object |
Greek-Hellenistic |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Paestum
Heraion at the Sele river mouth |
| registration code of object |
57062 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section, chemical analysis |
| analysis author |
Alberto De Bonis |
| sample taken |
2017, by Bianca Ferrara, and by D. Capece |
| sample no |
M 25/4 |
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