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SOL-A-4

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type SOL-A-4
ware Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production Solunto / Solus
certainty of arguments archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break colour red, texture fine and compact, numerous small and few large inclusions: white, yellowish, red, grey, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) light red 10 R 6/8
texture of freshly broken surface irregular
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-0.08, 1x 2.0 (vughy), 0.24 (channel)
inclusions 12.5%, length: <0.04-0.08
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz frequent, well rounded - subrounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, grey, white, clear, 0.04-0.36
mica very frequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.06
calciumcarbonate very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, yellowish white, <0.04-0.32
carbonate pseudomorphoses very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, yellowish white, 0.04-0.72
reddish inclusions frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, red, <0.04-0.8
black inclusions infrequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.32
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