| 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 red, texture fine and compact, numerous small to few large inclusions: white, red, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
light red 2.5 YR 6/6 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
smooth |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
3.5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.08 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-0.8 (vughy), 1.0, 1x >2.4 (channel) |
| inclusions |
12.5%, length: <0.04-2.6 |
| sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
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Inclusions
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quartz |
frequent, well rounded - subrounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, clear, grey, dark grey, 0.08-0.64 |
|
mica |
frequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, subelongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-0.8 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
infrequent, very spherical - subspherical, yellowish white, white, 0.04-0.6 |
|
reddish inclusions |
frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, reddish brown, red, <0.04-2.4 |
|
black inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.2 |
|
white inclusions |
singular, subspherical, white, 2.6 |
|
foraminifera |
infrequent, rounded, very spherical, yellowish white, 0.2 |
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