UTI-A-2, M 118/8, 25x
UTI-A-2, M 118/8, 16x
UTI-A-2, M 118/8, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
| 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 red, texture middle fine and compact, small and few large inclusions: red, reddish brown, white, grey |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | light red 10 R 6/8 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | irregular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 3.5%; void form: channel, vughy; void length: 0.06 (channel), 0.04 (vughy)-0.7 (channel), 1.0 (vughy) |
| inclusions | 15%, length: <0.04-2.4 |
| sorting | moderately sorted sand |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | very frequent, well rounded - subangular, very spherical -subspherical, grey, clear, brownish, 0.06-0.5 |
| mica | infrequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04 |
| calciumcarbonate | very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, yellowish white, white, <0.04-0.5 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | frequent, subrounded, very spherical - subsperical, subelongate, yellowish white, white, 0.04-1.0 |
| reddish inclusions | very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, subelongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-2.4 |
| black inclusions | singular, spherical, elongate, black, 0.08-0.12 |
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