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SOL-A-4

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type SOL-A-4
ware Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production Solunto / Solus
visual excamination of fresh break colour red, peripheral area dark grey, texture fine and compact, numerous small and few large inclusions: white, yellowish, grey, red, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) red 10 R 5/8
texture of freshly broken surface smooth
hardness hard
porosity 10%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.08 (channel)-0.5, 1x 1,5 (vughy), 0.2 (channel)
inclusions 15%, length: <0.04-1.0
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz very frequent, rounded, subangular - angular, spherical - subspherical, clear, grey, reddish, 0.04
mica frequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.06
calciumcarbonate very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-1.0
carbonate pseudomorphoses riddled with, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-0.5
reddish inclusions frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subangular, reddish brown, red, <0.04-0.6
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