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UTI-A-1, M 118/11, 16x


UTI-A-1, M 118/11, 8x
fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
fabric type | UTI-A-1 |
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ware | Transport Amphorae |
supposed site of production | Utica / Ityke |
certainty of arguments | archaeological: certain |
visual excamination of fresh break | colour greenish white, core very pale red, texture middle fine, numerous small and few large inclusions: reddish, white, grey, voids |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | pale yellow 5 Y 8/4, core pink 5 YR 8/3 |
texture of freshly broken surface | regular |
hardness | hard |
porosity | 5%; void form: channel, vughy; void length: 0.08 (channel), 0.06 (vughy)-1.4 (channel), 0.6 (vughy) |
inclusions | 15%, length: <0.04-2.4 |
sorting | moderately sorted sand |
Inclusions |
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quartz | frequent, well rounded - angular, spherical - subspherical, clear, grey, brownish, 0.04-0.3 |
mica | frequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.04 |
calciumcarbonate | singular, subspherical, white, 2.4 |
reddish inclusions | very frequent, rounded - subrounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.52 |
black inclusions | infrequent, rounded - subrounded, subangular, spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.16 |
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