SOL-A-1, M 179/50, scale bar 0.5mm
SOL-A-1, M 179/50, 25x
SOL-A-1, M 179/50, 16x
SOL-A-1, M 179/50, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry | petrography |
| fabric type | SOL-A-1 |
|---|---|
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Solunto / Solus |
| certainty of arguments | archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour light red and pale brown, core brown, texture middle fine, numerous small to large inclusions: white, grey, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | red 10 R 5/8, weak red 10 R 5/3 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | granular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 7.5%; void form: vhugy, channel; void length: 0.04-1.2, 1x vughy >2.4 |
| inclusions | 17.5%, length: <0.04-1.8 |
| sorting | unsorted |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, subangular - angular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, grey, white, reddish, clear, 0.06-1.3 |
| mica | infrequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, <0.04-0.06 |
| calciumcarbonate | very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-0.3 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellowish white, white, 0.04-1.8 |
| reddish inclusions | infrequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, red, <0.04-0.12 |
| black inclusions | infrequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-1.0 |
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