| fabric type |
ION-ADR-A-7
|
| fabric previously published as |
Impasto 83 |
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
Ionic-Adriatic region |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
colour light red, texture middle fine, numerous fine to large inclusions: grey, white, black, mica, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
light red 2.5 YR 6/8, core light red 2.5 YR 6/6 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
irregular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
2.5%; void form: vughy (0.12-1.2), channel (0.2-0.4); void length: 0.12-1.2 |
| inclusions |
20%, length: <0.04-11.2 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
very frequent, rounded - angular, spherical - subspherical, grey, clear, reddish, 0.04-0.4 |
|
mica |
frequent, spherical, angular, elongate, white, dark, <0.04-0.16 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
very frequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, white, <0.04-0.68 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
infrequent, very spherical - subspherical, white, 0.12-0.52 |
|
reddish inclusions |
frequent, well rounded - rounded, spherical - subspherical, red, reddish brown, 0.04-0.32 |
|
black inclusions |
very frequent, subrounded - angular, spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, brownish black, 0.04-1.6 |
|
foraminifera |
singular, well rounded, elongate, white, 1.08 |
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