

W-SARD-A-5, M 119/92, 25x


W-SARD-A-5, M 119/92, 16x


W-SARD-A-5, M 119/92, 8x
fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
fabric type | W-SARD-A-5 |
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ware | Transport Amphorae |
supposed site of production | Western Sardinia |
certainty of arguments | archaeological: quite certain |
visual excamination of fresh break | colour very pale brown, core greyish, texture fine and compact, numerous fine to some large inclusions: white, red, grey, mica, voids |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | exterior and interior pink 5 YR 7/4, core light brownish grey 10 YR 6/2 |
texture of freshly broken surface | regular |
hardness | hard |
porosity | 3.5%; void form: channel (0.08-2.4), vughy (0.04-1.8); void length: 0.04-2.4 |
inclusions | 20%, length: <0.04-1.12 |
sorting | unsorted |
Inclusions |
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quartz | riddled with, well rounded - subrounded, subangular - angular, very spherical - subspheical, elongate, grey, clear, 0.04-0.32 |
mica | infrequent, spherical, angular, elongate, white, dark, 0.04-0.04 |
calciumcarbonate | frequent, subrounded, angular, spherical - subspherical, subelongate, elongate, very elongate, white, yellowish, reddish, 0.04-0.36 |
carbonate pseudomorphoses | infrequent, subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, brown, 0.12-1.12 |
reddish inclusions | frequent, subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.52 |
black inclusions | infrequent, subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.28 |
foraminifera | singular, well rounded, spherical, white, 0,2 |
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