COS-A-1, M 119/125, 25x
COS-A-1, M 119/125, 16x
COS-A-1, M 119/125, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
| fabric type | COS-A-1 |
|---|---|
| fabric previously published as | Impasto 48 |
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Pantelleria |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour reddish yellow, core dark grey, texture coarse, numerous fine to large inclusions: clear, white, grey, black, reddish brown, mica, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | reddish yellow 5 YR 6/6, core grey 5 YR 5/1 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | irregular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 10%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.08-2.8 |
| inclusions | 17.5%, length: <0.04-2.0 |
| sorting | unsorted |
Inclusions |
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| mica | frequent, angular, subspherical, elongate, white, dark, <0.04-0.08 |
| calciumcarbonate | infrequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, yellowish, grey, 0.04-1.4 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | singular, subrounded, subspherical, yellowish white, 0.8 |
| reddish inclusions | frequent, subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, reddish brown, 0.04-2.0 |
| black inclusions | very frequent, very angular - subangular, subrounded - rounded, spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, black, <0.04-0.96 |
| grey inclusions | singular, subrounded, spherical, grey, 0.8-1.0 |
| more inclusions2 | infrequent, subangular - very angular, subrounded, elongate, subelongate, very elongate, spherical - subspherical, clear, grey, white, 0.06-1.4 |
| more inclusions3 | singular, well rounded, very spherical, yellowish brown, 0.6 |
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