W-SARD-A-5, M 119/68, 25x
W-SARD-A-5, M 119/68, 16x
W-SARD-A-5, M 119/68, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
| fabric type | W-SARD-A-5 |
|---|---|
| fabric previously published as | Impasto 46 |
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Western Sardinia |
| certainty of arguments | archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour pale brown and light red, texture middle fine and compact, numerous fine to large inclusions: white, brown, red, mica, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | reddish yellow 5 YR 7/6, core pink 5 YR 7/3 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | irregular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 5%; void form: vughy (0.06-1.6), channel (0.04-0.32); void length: 0.04-1.6 |
| inclusions | 25%, length: <0.04-6.2 |
| sorting | unsorted |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | riddled with, well rounded - subrounded, subangular - angular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate - elongate, grey, white, clear, reddish grey, 0.04-0.56 |
| mica | very frequent, spherical, angular, elongate, white, dark, <0.04-0.06 |
| calciumcarbonate | riddled with, rounded - subrounded, subangular, spherical - subspherical, subelongate, elongate, white, yellowish white, 0.04-0.6 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | riddled with, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subrounded, white, yellowish white, 0.12-0.64 |
| reddish inclusions | riddled with, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate - very elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.16 |
| black inclusions | infrequent, rounded, spherical, elongate, very elongate, black, <0.04-0.12 |
| brown inclusions | singular, spherical, brown, 6.2 |
| foraminifera | infrequent, well rounded, rounded, very spherical, very elongate, white, 0.2-0.4 |
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