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CAL-A-1, M 149/38, 16x


CAL-A-1, M 149/38, 8x
fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
fabric type | CAL-A-1 |
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fabric previously published as | PN impasto 5 |
ware | Transport Amphorae |
supposed site of production | Rhegion province |
certainty of arguments | archaeological: quite certain |
visual excamination of fresh break | colour light brown, texture fine and compact, numerous fine inclusions: red, white, grey, mica |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | pink 7.5 YR 8/4 |
texture of freshly broken surface | irregular |
hardness | hard |
porosity | 2.5%; void form: vughy ( 0.04-0.24), channel (0.12-0.32); void length: 0.04-0.32 |
inclusions | 15%, length: <0.04-0.86 |
sorting | bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
Inclusions |
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quartz | frequent, well rounded - subangular, spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, white, grey, reddish, 0.04-0.72 |
mica | frequent, spherical, angular, elongate, <0.04-0.04 |
calciumcarbonate | frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - very elongate, white, yellowish white, 0.04-0.24 |
carbonate pseudomorphoses | singular, spherical, white, 0.12 |
reddish inclusions | very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, very elongate, red, 0.04-0.2 |
black inclusions | singular, rounded, elongate, black, 0.04-0.56 |
brown inclusions | infrequent, subangular - angular, spherical - subspherical, golden brown, 0.06-0.4 |
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