| fabric type |
W-SARD-A-5
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| fabric previously published as |
F. 78 |
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
Western Sardinia |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
colour light red, texture middle fine and compact, numerous fine to some large inclusions: white, red, black, voids, pseudomorphoses |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
reddish yellow 5 YR 7/6, exterior light grey 5 YR 6/1 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
irregular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
2.5%; void form: vughy (0.08-0.6), channel (0.12-0.8); void length: 0.08-0.8 |
| inclusions |
10%, length: <0.04-1.68 |
| sorting |
bimodal: well sorted sand in well sorted silt |
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Inclusions
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quartz |
frequent, rounded - subangular, very spherical - subspherical, clear, grey, yellowish, white, 0.04-0.4 |
|
mica |
infrequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, <0.04-0.04 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, well rounded, angular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, 0.04-0.52 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
frequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, 0.04-1.68 |
|
reddish inclusions |
riddled with, well rounded, angular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.1 |
|
black inclusions |
frequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, elongate, black, 0.04-0.12 |
|
grey inclusions |
singular, well rounded, spherical, grey, 0,28 |
|
foraminifera |
singular, well rounded, rounded, very spherical, subspherical, white, 0.28 |
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