CAL-A-3, M 149/46, 25x
CAL-A-3, M 149/46, 16x
CAL-A-3, M 149/46, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
| fabric type | CAL-A-3 |
|---|---|
| fabric previously published as | PN impasto 6 |
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Calabria |
| certainty of arguments | archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour light red, texture fine and compact, numerous fine to large inclusions: red, white, light brown, mica |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | light reddish yellow 5 YR 6/4 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | irregular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 2.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.04-1.0 |
| inclusions | 15%, length: <0.04-1,8 |
| sorting | unsorted |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, subangular - angular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, grey, reddish, white, clear, 0.06-1.6 |
| mica | very frequent, subrounded, angular, spherical, subspherical, white, dark, <0.04-0.16 |
| calciumcarbonate | frequent, rounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate - elongate, white, 0.16-0.24 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | singular, well rounded, spherical, elongate, white, 0.28-0.6 |
| reddish inclusions | very frequent, subrounded - subangular, vey spherical - subspherical, elongate-very elongate, reddish brown, reddish brown-black, 0.04-0.8 |
| black inclusions | infrequent, well rounded - subrounded, angular, subspherical, elongate, black, 0.12-0.36 |
| more inclusions2 | infrequent, subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, light brown, 0.44-1.8 |
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