W-SARD-A-6, M 92/21, 25x
W-SARD-A-6, M 92/21, 16x
W-SARD-A-6, M 92/21, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
| fabric type | W-SARD-A-6 |
|---|---|
| fabric previously published as | F. 79 |
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Western Sardinia |
| certainty of arguments | archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour pale reddish brown, exterior and interior light red, texture fine and compact with some large inclusions: white, grey, red, mica, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | exterior and interior light red 2.5 YR 6/6, core light reddish brown 5 YR 6/4 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | irregular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 2.5%; void form: vughy (0.04-0.8), channel (0.08-0.44); void length: 0.04-0.8 |
| inclusions | 2.5%, length: <0.04-1.6 |
| sorting | bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | infrequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, very elongate, pale yellow, white, 0.08-1.6 |
| mica | very frequent, angular, spherical, elongate, dark, white, <0.04-0.06 |
| calciumcarbonate | infrequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, 0.04-0.8 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | infrequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, yellowish, 0.2-0.6 |
| reddish inclusions | very frequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, 0.04-0.32 |
| black inclusions | riddled with, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.08 |
| foraminifera | infrequent, well rounded, rounded, very spherical, subspherical, white, <0.04-0.06 |
| more inclusions1 | singular, well rounded, rounded, very spherical, spherical, white, grey, 0.2-0.28 |
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