PAE-A-3

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	PAE-A-3
fabric previously published as	IA 9
ware	Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production	Paestum
certainty of arguments	archaeometric: quite certain, archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break	reddish yellow, granular; many fine white inclusions, singular mid-sized dark inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	5YR6/8
texture of freshly broken surface	granular
hardness	hard
porosity	3%; void form: channel; void length: 0,32
inclusions	5%, length: 0,12-0,8
sorting	well sorted sand in different compositions
	Inclusions
quartz	very frequent, rounded, spherical, clear, 0.24
mica	infrequent
calciumcarbonate	very frequent, rounded, elongate, white, 0.2
reddish inclusions	infrequent, angular, subelongate, red, 0,24-0,6
black inclusions	infrequent, angular, spherical, black

vessel form type	Amphora MGS II (A)
fragmentation	fragmentation not specified
surface description	interior: coarse, exterior: thick white slip
chronology of object	Greek-Classic
publication	Di Sandro 1986, sg 160
	Context Data
site of discovery	Ischia Scarico Gosetti
registration code of object	SG 160
chronology of context	disturbed context

applied method for sample analysis	thin section and heavy mineral analysis
analysis author	Roman Sauer
petrographic mineralogical type	RISA 8
sample taken	July 1995, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University
sample no	M 37/27

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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