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UTI-A-2

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type UTI-A-2
ware Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production Utica / Ityke
certainty of arguments archaeological: certain
visual excamination of fresh break colour light red, texture middle fine and compact, few small and few large inclusions: red, grey, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) light red 2.5 YR 6/8
texture of freshly broken surface regular
hardness hard
porosity 3.5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-0.6, 1x 1.8 (vughy), 0.3 (channel)
inclusions 12.5%, length: <0.04-4.8
sorting moderately sorted sand
 

Inclusions
quartz frequent, well rounded - subangular, very spherical - subspherical, clear, grey, brownish, 0.06-0.3
mica infrequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.04
calciumcarbonate frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, yellowish white, white, 0.04-0.24
carbonate pseudomorphoses infrequent, rounded - subrounded, elongate - very elongate, yellowish white, white, 0.2-4.8
reddish inclusions frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.16
black inclusions infrequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.4
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