fabric type |
ION-ADR-A-9
|
ware |
Transport Amphorae |
supposed site of production |
Ionic-Adriatic region |
certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
visual excamination of fresh break |
colour pale brown with reddish strings, texture fine and compact, numerous fine and infrequent large inclusions: red, white, mica, voids |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
pink 7.5 YR 7/4, light red 2.5 YR 6/6 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
3.0%; void form: vughy (0.12-2.8), channel (0.24-5.2); void length: 0.12-5.2 |
inclusions |
12.5%, length: <0.04-8.6 |
sorting |
unsorted |
|
Inclusions
|
quartz |
very frequent, rounded - angular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, grey, white, clear, reddish, 0.04-0.6 |
mica |
frequent, spherical, angular, elongate, white, dark, <0.04-0.12 |
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, elongate, white, 0.04-0.48 |
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
infrequent, spherical - subspherical, very elongate, white, 0.12-8.6 |
reddish inclusions |
very frequent, well rounded - subangular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-1.2 |
black inclusions |
very frequent, subrounded, spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.4 |