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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, numerous small to large inclusions: red, white, grey, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) reddish yellow 5 YR 7/6
texture of freshly broken surface irregular
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.06-1.4 (vughy), 1.0 (channel)
inclusions 15%, length: <0.04-2.6
sorting moderately sorted sand
 

Inclusions
quartz very frequent, well rounded - subangular, very spherical - subspherical, grey, clear, white, 0.04-0.8
mica singular, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.04
calciumcarbonate frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, yellowish white, 0.04-3.0
carbonate pseudomorphoses frequent, rounded - subrounded, subspherical, subelongate, white, 0.12-3.0
reddish inclusions very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, subelongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-1.6
black inclusions infrequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.24
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