

PAE-A-3, M 92/18, 25x


PAE-A-3, M 92/18, 16x


PAE-A-3, M 92/18, 8x
fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
fabric type | PAE-A-3 |
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fabric previously published as | F. 45 |
ware | Transport Amphorae |
supposed site of production | Paestum |
certainty of arguments | archaeological: quite certain |
visual excamination of fresh break | colour light yellowish red, texture coarse and compact, numerous fine to large inclusions: white, black, reddish, mica, voids |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | reddish yellow - yellowish red 2.5 YR 6/6-5/6 |
texture of freshly broken surface | granular |
hardness | hard |
porosity | 7.5%; void form: vughy (0.04-0.76), channel (0.08-1.0); void length: 0.04-0.76 |
inclusions | 25%, length: <0.04-2.6 |
sorting | bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
Inclusions |
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quartz | riddled with, well rounded - rounded, subangular - angular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, grey, white, clear, 0.15-0.8 |
mica | frequent, spherical, angular, white, dark, <0.04-0.06 |
calciumcarbonate | infrequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, 0.04-0.12 |
carbonate pseudomorphoses | infrequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, 0.12-0.4 |
reddish inclusions | very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, elongate, reddish brown, <0.04-2.6 |
black inclusions | frequent, rounded, subangular, spherical - subspherical, subelongate, elongate, black, 0.08-1.08 |
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