W-SARD-A-1

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	W-SARD-A-1
ware	Transport Amphorae Punic Pottery
supposed site of production	West Central Sardinia
visual excamination of fresh break	very pale brown, granular; some fine white inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	10YR7/3
texture of freshly broken surface	granular
hardness	hard
porosity	5%; void form: channel; vughy; void length: 0,04-0,8
inclusions	10%, length: 0,02-0,8
sorting	moderately sorted sand
	Inclusions
quartz	frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, clear, 0,08-0,5
mica	frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,02-0,04
calciumcarbonate	infrequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0,08-0,2
reddish inclusions	frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, reddish brown, 0,04-0,2
black inclusions	frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, black, 0,04-0,4
brown inclusions	frequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subelongate, rusty brown, core: grey, 0,25-0,8

fragmentation	body
surface description	slipped pale yellow, 2.5Y7/3
	Context Data
site of discovery	Riu Mannu Survey
registration code of object	109 TA 03 999 999 220

sample taken	2009
sample no	M 148/7 representative sample for W-SARD-A-1

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Distribution of fabric type
“W-SARD-A-1”

production sampling

Representative sample for
“W-SARD-A-1”

M 148/7

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Inclusions

Context Data