| fabric type |
HIM-CBM-1
|
| fabric previously published as |
HIM-REG - OD - 4 |
| ware |
Opus Doliare |
| supposed site of production |
Himera |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
pink, granular; some very large brick coloured inclusions |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
7.5YR7/4 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
10%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,04-0,5 |
| inclusions |
20%, length: 2-2 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
frequent, angular, spherical, clear, 0,15-0,5 |
|
mica |
frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,03-0,09 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, rounded, spherical, yellowish white, 0,06-0,6 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
riddled with, rounded, spherical, white, 0,03 |
|
black iron oxide concretions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, brownish black, 0,03-0,15 |
|
red iron oxide concretions |
frequent, rounded, spherical, reddish brown, 0,09-0,3 |
|
reddish inclusions |
frequent, angular, subspherical, light red, 0,15-3 |
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