PAE-A-2

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	PAE-A-2
ware	Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production	Paestum
certainty of arguments	archaeometric: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break	reddish yellow, granular; some large white and numerous fine white and dark inclusions, mica
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	5YR5/8
texture of freshly broken surface	granular
hardness	hard
porosity	7.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,16
inclusions	15%, length: 0,2-1,2
sorting	bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt
	Inclusions
quartz	frequent, angular, subelongate, clear, 0.4
mica	singular
calciumcarbonate	riddled with, rounded, subelongate, white, 0.2-1.2
reddish inclusions	infrequent, rounded, subelongate, red, 0,2-0,47
black inclusions	singular, angular, subelongate, black
foraminifera	singular, white, 1,2

vessel form type	Amphora no type available
fragmentation	body
surface description	coarse
chronology of object	Greek-Classic-Early Classic
	Context Data
site of discovery	Velia Late Archaic mudbrick houses beneath Insula II
registration code of context	410/90
registration code of object	410/90
chronology of context	Gassner 2003, phase IIa

applied method for sample analysis	thin section and heavy mineral analysis
analysis author	Roman Sauer
petrographic mineralogical type	RVA003
sample taken	July 1994, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University
sample no	M 6/25
status of sample	thin section surplus available

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Distribution of fabric type
“PAE-A-2”

Velia Velia Velia Velia Carthage Pantelleria Jerba Jerba Jerba Selinunte / Selinus Selinunte / Selinus Paestum Paestum Paestum Paestum Paestum Paestum Paestum Paestum Paestum Paestum Paestum

production sampling

Representative sample for
“PAE-A-2”

M 6/26

There are 10 more samples assigned to fabric type
“PAE-A-2”.

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Inclusions

Context Data