PAE-A-3

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	PAE-A-3
ware	Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production	Paestum
visual excamination of fresh break	reddish yellow, granular; many fine white and dark inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	5YR5/8
texture of freshly broken surface	granular
porosity	1%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,24
inclusions	6%, length: 0,24-2
sorting	bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt
	Inclusions
quartz	very frequent, angular, spherical, clear; white, 0.4
mica	infrequent
reddish inclusions	infrequent, rounded, subelongate, 0,6-2
black inclusions	frequent, rounded, spherical, black

vessel form type	Amphora
fragmentation	fragmentation not specified
surface description	coarse
	Context Data
site of discovery	Ischia Scarico Gosetti
registration code of object	SG 101

applied method for sample analysis	thin section and heavy mineral analysis
analysis author	Roman Sauer
petrographic mineralogical type	RISA 6
sample taken	July 1995, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University
sample no	M 37/13

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Distribution of fabric type
“PAE-A-3”

production sampling

Representative sample for
“PAE-A-3”

M 6/77

There are 16 more samples assigned to fabric type
“PAE-A-3”.

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Inclusions

Context Data