PAE-A-4

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	PAE-A-4
fabric previously published as	A 39
ware	Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production	Paestum
certainty of arguments	archaeometric: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break	yellowish brown, granular; sporadic large dark inclusions, numerous fine to medium-sized white particles
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	10YR5/4
texture of freshly broken surface	granular
hardness	hard
porosity	10%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,2-0,4
inclusions	25%, length: 0,16-2,2
sorting	well sorted sand in different compositions
	Inclusions
quartz	very frequent, angular, spherical, clear, 0.4
mica	infrequent
reddish inclusions	singular, rounded, spherical, red, 0,28
black inclusions	frequent, rounded, subelongate, black
foraminifera	riddled with, rounded, spherical, white, 0,16-0,16

vessel form type	Amphora Western Greek amphora, Gassner's rim 3
fragmentation	rim
dimensions	diameter: 10cm (rim)
surface description	traces of white slip
chronology of object	Greek-Classic-Early Classic
publication	Gassner 2003, cat. no. IIa.210, pl. 25
	Context Data
site of discovery	Velia Late Archaic mudbrick houses beneath Insula II, trench 3/91
registration code of context	310/91
registration code of object	310/91-11
chronology of context	Gassner 2003, phase IIa

applied method for sample analysis	thin section and heavy mineral analysis
analysis author	Roman Sauer
petrographic mineralogical type	RVA003
sample taken	July 1994, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University
sample no	M 6/88 representative sample for PAE-A-4
status of sample	sample surplus and thin section surplus available

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Distribution of fabric type
“PAE-A-4”

Velia Velia Selinunte / Selinus Paestum Paestum Paestum

production sampling

Representative sample for
“PAE-A-4”

M 6/88

There are 2 more samples assigned to fabric type
“PAE-A-4”.

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Inclusions

Context Data