| 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: white, grey, red, mica, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
reddish yellow 5 YR 7/6, light red 2.5 YR 6/6 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
3.5%; void form: vughy (0.08-1.4), channel (0.12-0.8); void length: 0.08-1.4 |
| inclusions |
20%, length: <0.04-6.2 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
very frequent, well rounded - angular, spherical - subspherical, elongate, grey, clear, reddish, 0.04-0.64 |
|
mica |
infrequent, spherical, angular, elongate, white, dark, <0.04-0.12 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
very frequent, spherical - subspherical, subelongate, elongate, white, <0.04-0.32 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
frequent, spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, 0.12-0.52 |
|
reddish inclusions |
very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, subelongate, reddish brown, <0.04-1.28 |
|
black inclusions |
very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, elongate - very elongate, black, 0.04-0.68 |
|
brown inclusions |
singular, angular, spherical, elongate, golden brown, 0.16-0.24 |
production
sampling
