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CAL-A-1, M 149/40, 16x


CAL-A-1, M 149/40, 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 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 | 1.0%; void form: channel; void length: 0.04-0.16 |
inclusions | 15%, length: <0.04-1.2 |
sorting | bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
Inclusions |
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quartz | very frequent, rounded - angular, spherical - subelongate, clear, white, grey, reddish, 0.04-1.2 |
mica | frequent, angular, spherical, elongate, white, dark, <0.04-0.16 |
calciumcarbonate | frequent, well rounded - angular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - very elongate, white, 0.04-0.5 |
reddish inclusions | very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical, subelongate - very elongate, red, reddish brown, 0.04-1.2 |
black inclusions | infrequent, rounded, spherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.12 |
foraminifera | infrequent, well rounded, rounded, very spherical, elongate, white, 0.12-0.28 |
more inclusions2 | infrequent, subangular - veryangular, subspherical, elongate, golden brown, 0.06-0.4 |
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