| fabric type |
W-SARD-A-3
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| fabric previously published as |
Impasto 30 |
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
Western Sardinia |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
very pale brown with grayish brown lines, exterior and interior white, texture fine and compact, numerous fine to some large inclusions: red, grey |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
exterior and core very pale brown 10 YR 8/3, interior pink 7.5 YR 8/3, light brown 7.5 YR 6/3 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
irregular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
5%; void form: vughy (0.06-0.8), channel (0.12-1.6); void length: 0.06-1.6 |
| inclusions |
15%, length: <0.04-1.0 (1x 10.8) |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
very frequent, rounded - subrounded, subangular - angular, very spherical, elongate, grey, white, reddish, clear, 0.04-0.64 |
|
mica |
infrequent, spherical, angular, elongate, white, dark, <0.04-0.06 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, spherical - subspherical, white, 0.04-0.32 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
infrequent, subrounded, subspherical, white, yellowish white, 0.24-1.0 |
|
reddish inclusions |
very frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.56 |
|
black inclusions |
riddled with, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, elongate, black, <0.04-0.28 |
|
brown inclusions |
frequent, subspherical, very elongate, greyish brown, 0.08-10.8 |
|
foraminifera |
singular, well rounded, subrounded, very spherical, subspherical, pale orange, yellowish, 0.24-0.28 |
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