MOT-A-2, M 119/49, 25x
MOT-A-2, M 119/49, 16x
MOT-A-2, M 119/49, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
| fabric type | MOT-A-2 |
|---|---|
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Mozia / Motya |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour dark grey, texture coarse, numerous small to large inclusions: yellowish white, white, red, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | dark reddish grey 10 R 4/1 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | granular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 10%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-1.2 (vughy), 0.9 (channel) |
| inclusions | 25%, length: <0.04-1.1 |
| sorting | bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | frequent, rounded, subangular - angular, spherical - subspherical, clear, grey, white, 0.08-0.9 |
| mica | singular, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.04 |
| calciumcarbonate | very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, yellowish white, white, <0.04-0.7 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellowish white, white, reddish, 0.04-1.1 |
| reddish inclusions | infrequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical, reddish brown, orange, 0.04-0.4 |
| black inclusions | infrequent, rounded, very spherical, elongate, black, 0.06-0.08 |
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