| fabric type |
PAE-A-2
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| fabric previously published as |
F. 46 |
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
Paestum |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
colour red, core grey, texture middle fine and compact, numerous fine to large inclusions: white, black,mica, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
exterior and interior light red 2.5 YR 6/8; core reddish brown and grey 2.5 YR 6/4 and 6/0 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
irregular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
7.5%; void form: vughy (0.04-0.6), channel (0.12-0.4); void length: 0.04-0.6 |
| inclusions |
15%, length: <0.04-1.2 |
| sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
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Inclusions
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quartz |
riddled with, rounded - angular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, elongate, grey, clear, white, 0.04-0.6 |
|
mica |
very frequent, spherical, angular, elongate, white, <0.04-0.04 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, rounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, white, 0.12-0.68 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, white, grey, 0.2-0.28 |
|
reddish inclusions |
frequent, well rounded - subangular, very spherical - subspherical, reddish brown, 0.04-1.2 |
|
black inclusions |
frequent, well rounded - subangular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, 0.04-1.8 |
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