| fabric type |
PAE-A-1
|
| fabric previously published as |
F. 64 |
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
Paestum |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
colour light red, texture middle fine and compact, numerous fine to large inclusions: white, red, grey |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
red 2.5 YR 5/6 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
irregular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
2.5%; void form: vughy (0.04-0.72), channel (0.08-0.2, singular 2.4); void length: 0.04-2.4 |
| inclusions |
15%, length: <0.04-01.2 |
| sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
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Inclusions
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quartz |
very frequent, rounded, subangular - angular, spherical - subspherical, elongate, grey, clear, white, 0.04-0.48 |
|
mica |
infrequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, <0.04-0.04 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, very elongate, white, yellowish white, 0.04-0.88 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
very frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, grey, 0.04-0.6 |
|
reddish inclusions |
very frequent, well rounded - subangular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, 0.04-1.2 |
|
black inclusions |
frequent, well rounded - subangular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.4 |
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