MOT-A-1, M 154/63, scale bar 0.5mm
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| fabric description | object data | archaeometry | petrography |
| fabric type | MOT-A-1 |
|---|---|
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Mozia / Motya |
| certainty of arguments | archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour red, core brown, coarse texture, numerous small to large inclusions: white, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | light red 2.5 YR 6/8, core reddish brown 2.5 YR 5/3 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | granular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 12.5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-2.0 (vughy), 1.1 (channel) |
| inclusions | 17.5%, length: <0.04-1.6 |
| sorting | bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | very frequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, grey, clear, white, 0.08-1.0 |
| mica | infrequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, <0.04-0.04 |
| calciumcarbonate | very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.32 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | frequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, 0.04-1.6 |
| reddish inclusions | singular, rounded, spherical, reddish brown, 0.04 |
| black inclusions | singular, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.16 |
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