| fabric type |
SEL-A-3
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
Selinunte / Selinus |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
colour red, exterior pale brown, texture middle fine, numerous small and large inclusions: white, grey, red, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
red 2.5 YR 5/6, exterior pink 7.5 YR 7/4 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
7.5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-1.2 (vughy), 0.2 (channel) |
| inclusions |
15%, length: <0.04-3.0 |
| sorting |
moderately sorted sand |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
very frequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, grey, clear, white, pale brown, <0.04-0.8 |
|
mica |
infrequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, <0.04-0.06 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
riddled with, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-0.32 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
infrequent, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, yellowish white, white, 0.25-0.5 |
|
reddish inclusions |
frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - very elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.9 |
|
black inclusions |
infrequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, black, <0.04-0.28 |
|
white inclusions |
singular, very elongate, white, 2.8 |
|
more inclusions2 |
singular, very elongate, red, 3.0 |
|
more inclusions3 |
infrequent, rounded - subangular, very spherical, red, 0.06-0.9 |
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