fabric type |
VEL-A-3
|
fabric previously published as |
Impasto 9 |
ware |
Transport Amphorae |
supposed site of production |
Velia |
certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
visual excamination of fresh break |
colour light red, core grey, texture middle fine and compact, numerous fine and some large inclusions: white, grey, red, black, mica, voids |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
light red 2.5 YR 6/8, core weak red 2.5 YR 4/2 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
irregular |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
3.5%; void form: vughy (0.04-0.48), channel (0.08-0.88); void length: 0.04-0.88 |
inclusions |
15%, length: <0.04-1.12 |
sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
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Inclusions
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quartz |
very frequent, rounded - subrounded, subangular - angular, spherical - subspherical, elongate, very elongate, white, grey, clear, reddish, 0.06-0.08 |
mica |
frequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.04 |
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, spherical - subspherical, yellowish, white, 0.04-0.24 |
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
infrequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellowish, white, 0.12-0.92 |
reddish inclusions |
frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - spherical, elongate, reddish brown, <0.04-1.12 |
black inclusions |
infrequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, black+red, 0.04-0.63 |