| fabric type |
SOL-A-5
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
Solunto / Solus |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
color light red and dark grey, texture fine and compact, numerous small and few,large inclusions: yellowish white, white, red, grey, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
red 10 R 5/8, exterior area grey gley 1 4/- |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
smooth |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (ughy), 0.08 (channel)-2.2 (vughy), 2.0 (channel) |
| inclusions |
10%, length: <0.04-0.8 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
frequent, rounded - subrounded, subangular - angular, spherical - subspherical, clear, grey, reddish, 0.04-0.2 |
|
mica |
frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, <0.04-0.08 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - very elongate, yellowish white, white, red and white, <0.04-0.8 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate - very elongate, yellowish white, white, red and white, <0.04-0.5 |
|
reddish inclusions |
frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, red, <0.04-0.5 |
|
black inclusions |
frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, very elongate, black, <0.04-0.6 |
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