fabric type |
ION-ADR-A-1
|
ware |
Transport Amphorae |
supposed site of production |
Ionic-Adriatic region |
certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
visual excamination of fresh break |
colour light brown, texture fine and compact, numerous fine to infrequent large inclusions: red, white, mica |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
light brown 7.5 YR 6/3, exterior reddish yellow 5 YR 6/6 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
irregular |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
1.0%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.16-1.48 |
inclusions |
20%, length: <0.04-1.4 |
sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
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Inclusions
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quartz |
very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, subangular - very angular, spherical, subelongate - very elongate, grey, clear, reddish, white, 0.04-0.72 |
mica |
frequent, angular, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.08 |
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate - very elongate, white, with red points, <0.04-1.4 |
reddish inclusions |
riddled with, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - very elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.44 |
black inclusions |
frequent, well rounded - rounded, angular, very spherical - subspherical, very elongate, black, <0.04-0.2 |
more inclusions2 |
frequent, angular, subspherical, yellowish white, 0.04-0.6 |