| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| fabric type |
CAL-A-5
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
yellowish red, granular; large quartz particles |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
5YR5/6 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
1.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,12 |
| inclusions |
length: 1-2,8 |
| sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
frequent, angular, spherical, white, 1 |
|
mica |
frequent |
|
black inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, elongate, dark grey |
|
grey inclusions |
frequent, angular, spherical, light grey |
|
foraminifera |
frequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0.2 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| vessel form type |
Amphora
Keay 52 |
| fragmentation |
fragmentation not specified |
| surface description |
coarse |
| chronology of object |
Roman-Imperial-Late Imperial |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Rhegion
Pellaro, from the late antique kiln, 1989 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RRA3 |
| sample taken |
July 1995 |
| sample no |
M 55/3
 representative sample for CAL-A-5 |
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