MOT-A-1, M 119/45, 25x
MOT-A-1, M 119/45, 16x
MOT-A-1, M 119/45, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry | petrography |
| fabric type | MOT-A-1 |
|---|---|
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Mozia / Motya |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour red, core dark grey, texture coarse, numerous small to large inclusions: grey, white, red, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | red 10 R 5/8, core dark reddish grey 10 R 4/1 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | granular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 10%; void form: channel, voids; void length: 0.04-1.1 (channel), 2.6 (vughy) |
| inclusions | 20%, length: <0.04-1.3 |
| sorting | bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | very frequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular - angular, very spherical - subspherical, grey, clear, 0.06-0.8 |
| mica | infrequent, spherical, elongate, white, dark, <0.04-0.12 |
| calciumcarbonate | very frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-0.72 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellowish white, white, 0.04-1.3 |
| reddish inclusions | singular, rounded, spherical, reddish brown, 0.04-0.52 |
| black inclusions | infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, black, 0.04-0.4 |
| more inclusions2 | frequent, orange |
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