

PAE-A-1, M 92/84, 25x


PAE-A-1, M 92/84, 16x


PAE-A-1, M 92/84, 8x
fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
fabric type | PAE-A-1 |
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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 light brown, core red, texture middle fine and compact, numerous fine to large inclusions: white, grey |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | exterior and interior light reddish brown 2.5 YR 6/4, core light red 2.5 YR 6/8 |
texture of freshly broken surface | irregular |
hardness | hard |
porosity | 2.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.04-0.28 |
inclusions | 15%, length: <0.04-0.52 |
sorting | bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
Inclusions |
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quartz | very frequent, rounded - subrounded, angular, spherical - subspherical, white, grey, clear, 0.04-0.52 |
mica | frequent, spherical, angular, elongate, white, <0.04-0.06 |
calciumcarbonate | frequent, rounded - subangular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - very elongate, white, 0.08-0.4 |
carbonate pseudomorphoses | very frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, grey, 0.08-0.45 |
reddish inclusions | frequent, subrounded - angular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, 0.08-0.4 |
black inclusions | frequent, subrounded - angular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.45 |
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