fabric type |
SOL-A-5
|
ware |
Transport Amphorae |
supposed site of production |
Solunto / Solus |
certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
visual excamination of fresh break |
colour ligth red, texture middle fine, numerous small and few large inclusions: white, red, grey, mica, voids |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
light red 2.5 YR 6/8 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
smooth |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
7.5%; void form: vughy, hannel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-2.0 (vughy), 0.4 (channel) |
inclusions |
15%, length: <0.04-2.4 |
sorting |
unsorted |
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Inclusions
|
quartz |
very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, clear, white, grey, 0.04-0.8 |
mica |
frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, <0.04-0.08 |
calciumcarbonate |
riddled with, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-0.4 |
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellowish white, white, 0.04-0.7 |
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, 0.04-2.4 |
black inclusions |
singular, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, black, 0.28-0.3 |