

VEL-A-4, M 166/12, 25x


VEL-A-4, M 166/12, 16x


VEL-A-4, M 166/12, 8x
fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
fabric type | VEL-A-4 |
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ware | Transport Amphorae |
certainty of arguments | archaeological: quite certain |
visual excamination of fresh break | colour red, texture coarse, numerous fine to large inclusions: white, grey, red, mica, voids |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | red 2.5 YR 5/8 |
texture of freshly broken surface | granular |
hardness | hard |
porosity | 3.5%; void form: channel (0.08-0.4), vughy (0.08-0.4); void length: 0.08-0.4 |
inclusions | 12.5%, length: <0.04-1.6 |
sorting | bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
Inclusions |
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quartz | very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, subangular - angular, very spherical - subspherrical, elongate, white, grey, reddish, clear, 0.04-1.6 |
mica | very frequent, spherical, angular, white, dark, 0.04-0.06 |
calciumcarbonate | infrequent, well rounded, rounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, 0.04-0.28 |
carbonate pseudomorphoses | infrequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, 0.28-0.8 |
reddish inclusions | very frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, 0.04-0.68 |
black inclusions | infrequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, black, 0.04-0.12 |
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