AKR-A-1, M 119/192, 25x
AKR-A-1, M 119/192, 16x
AKR-A-1, M 119/192, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
| fabric type | AKR-A-1 |
|---|---|
| fabric previously published as | ION-ADR-A-2 |
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Agrigento |
| certainty of arguments | archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour very pale brown, texture fine and compact, numerous fine inclusions: red, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | very pale brown 10 YR 8/3-7/3 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | regular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.04-0.16 |
| inclusions | 15%, length: <0.04-0.48 |
| sorting | bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | riddled with, rounded - subangular, spherical - subspherical, elongate, grey, clear, white, 0.04-0.1 |
| mica | infrequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, <0.04-0.04 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | riddled with, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, brown, orange, 0.04-0.44 |
| reddish inclusions | infrequent, spherical - subspherical, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.08 |
| black inclusions | infrequent, spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.48 |
| foraminifera | singular, spherical - subspherical, white, 0.24-0.4 |
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