CAL-A-1, M 149/39, 25x
CAL-A-1, M 149/39, 16x
CAL-A-1, M 149/39, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
| fabric type | CAL-A-1 |
|---|---|
| fabric previously published as | PN impasto 5 |
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Calabria |
| certainty of arguments | archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour light brown, texture fine and compact, numerous fine inclusions: red, white, dark, mica |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | pink 7.5 YR 7/4 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | irregular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 1.0%; void form: channel; void length: 0.12 |
| inclusions | 15%, length: <0.04-1.1 |
| sorting | bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | frequent, rounded-subangular, spherical-subspherical, grey, reddish, clear, 0.04-1.1 |
| mica | frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, <0.04-0.04 |
| calciumcarbonate | frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, 0.04-0.16 |
| reddish inclusions | very frequent, well rounded, very spherical, elongate, 0.04-1.0 |
| black inclusions | infrequent, subangular, spherical, black, <0.04-0.16 |
| foraminifera | singular, well rounded, very spherical, white, 0.4 |
| more inclusions3 | frequent, angular - very angular, subspherical, elongate, golden brown, 0.08-0.32 |
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