SOL-A-2, M 179/22, scale bar 0.5mm
SOL-A-2, M 179/22, 25x
SOL-A-2, M 179/22, 16x
SOL-A-2, M 179/22, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry | petrography |
| fabric type | SOL-A-2 |
|---|---|
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Solunto / Solus |
| certainty of arguments | archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour red and grey, texture middle fine, numerous small to large inclusions: yellowish white, white, red, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | red 10R 5/8, core reddish brown 2.5 YR 5/3 and gley 1 5/- |
| texture of freshly broken surface | granular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 10%; void form: channel, vughy; void length: 0.06 (channel), 0.04 (vughy)-1.8 |
| inclusions | 15%, length: <0.04-1.3 |
| sorting | unsorted |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | frequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular - angular, very spherical - subspherical, clear, grey, white, reddish, 0.06-0.5 |
| mica | frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, <0.04-0.08 |
| calciumcarbonate | very frequent, rounded - subrounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate - elongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-1.3 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellowish white, white, 0.04-0.8 |
| black inclusions | infrequent, rounded, subangular, spherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.4 |
| more inclusions2 | singular, subrounded, subangular, subspherical, red, red and white, 0.12-1.0 |
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