PAE-A-1, M 92/88, 25x
PAE-A-1, M 92/88, 16x
PAE-A-1, M 92/88, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
| 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 and infrequent large inclusions: white, grey, red, mica, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | light red 2.5 YR 6/6 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | irregular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.04-1.84 |
| inclusions | 15%, length: <0.04-0.6 |
| sorting | bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | very frequent, rounded, subangular - angular, very spherical - subspherical, grey, clear, white, 0.04-0.4 |
| mica | frequent, spherical, angular, elongate, white, <0.04-0.04 |
| calciumcarbonate | frequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, white, 0.04-0.36 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, grey, 0.08-0.28 |
| reddish inclusions | very frequent, well rounded, subangular - angular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, <0.04-0.6 |
| black inclusions | frequent, rounded, subangular - angular, spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.32 |
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