| fabric type |
UTI-A-2
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
Utica / Ityke |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeometric: certain, archaeological: certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
colour light red, texture fine and compact, numerous small to medium sized inclusions: grey, white, red, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
light red 10 R 6/8 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.08 (vughy), 0.28 (channel)-2.8 (vughy), 0.32 (channel) |
| inclusions |
20%, length: <0.04-2.8 |
| sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
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Inclusions
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|
quartz |
very frequent, rounded - subrounded, subangular - angular, very spherical - subspherical, clear, grey, brownish, 0.04-0.75 |
|
mica |
infrequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, <0.04-0.04 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate - elongate, white, yellowish white, <0.04-0.4 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, yellowish white, 0.06-0.6 |
|
reddish inclusions |
frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - very elongate, reddish brown, red, <0.04-0.3 |
|
black inclusions |
infrequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.6 |
|
more inclusions2 |
infrequent, subangular - very angular, spherical - subspherical, red, 1.8-2.8 |
|
more inclusions3 |
singular, very elongate, red, 1.8-3.6 |
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