ION-ADR-A-4, M 119/148, 25x
ION-ADR-A-4, M 119/148, 16x
ION-ADR-A-4, M 119/148, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
| fabric type | ION-ADR-A-4 |
|---|---|
| fabric previously published as | Impasto 4A |
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Ionic-Adriatic region |
| certainty of arguments | archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour pale brown, texture fine and compact, numerous fine and sporadic large inclusions: white, grey, brown, mica, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | pink 7.5 YR 7/4 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | regular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 3.5%; void form: vughy (0.04-0.84), channel (0.2-1.0); void length: 0.04-7.2 |
| inclusions | 10%, length: <0.04-7.2 |
| sorting | bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | very frequent, rounded - angular, spherical - subspherical, elongate, very elongate, grey, clear, white, 0.04-0.32 |
| mica | infrequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04 |
| calciumcarbonate | very frequent, well rounded - subangular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, 0.04-0.24 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | infrequent, spherical - subspherical, white, 0.08-0.16 |
| reddish inclusions | very frequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.12 |
| black inclusions | frequent, subrounded, spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.12 |
| brown inclusions | frequent, rounded - subangular, very sperical - very elongate, brown, 0.04-7.2 |
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