W-SARD-A-5, M 119/96, 25x
W-SARD-A-5, M 119/96, 16x
W-SARD-A-5, M 119/96, 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, texture fine and compact, numerous fine to some large inclusions: grey, red, mica |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | pink - reddish yellow 5 YR 7/4-7/6 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | irregular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.06-0.8 |
| inclusions | 25%, length: <0.04-0.88 |
| sorting | unsorted |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | riddled with, well rounded - subrounded, subangular - angular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, elongate, very elongate, grey, white, clear, reddish brown, 0.04-0.8 |
| mica | frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, dark, 0.04-0.04 |
| calciumcarbonate | riddled with, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - very elongate, white, 0.04-0.88 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | very frequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, yellowish white, 0.04-0.16 |
| reddish inclusions | riddled with, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, very elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.16 |
| black inclusions | frequent, subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - very elongate, black, <0.04-0.56 |
| foraminifera | very frequent, well rounded, subrounded, very spherical, subspherical, white, 0.16-0.4 |
| more inclusions2 | singular, well rounded, very spherical, black, 0.2 |
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