MOT-A-2, M 179/42, scale bar 0.5mm
MOT-A-2, M 179/42, 25x
MOT-A-2, M 179/42, 16x
MOT-A-2, M 179/42, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry | petrography |
| fabric type | MOT-A-2 |
|---|---|
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Mozia / Motya |
| certainty of arguments | archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour light red, texture coarse, numerous small to large inclusions: yellowish white, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | light red 10 R 6/8 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | granular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 12.5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-2.4 (vughy), 1.2 (channel) |
| inclusions | 25%, length: <0.04-1.8 |
| sorting | bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | very frequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular - angular, very spherical - subspherical, clear, grey, reddish, 0.04-0.5 |
| mica | infrequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.04 |
| calciumcarbonate | very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-0.68 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellowish white, white, 0.04-1.8 |
| reddish inclusions | singular, well rounded, very spherical, reddish brown, 0.04-0.2 |
| black inclusions | singular, rounded, subspherical, black, 0.04-0.16 |
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