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SOL-A-4

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometrypetrography
fabric type SOL-A-4
ware Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production Solunto / Solus
certainty of arguments archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break colour red, core grey, texture coarse and compact, numerous small and large inclusions: white, black, reddish, mica, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) light red 2.5 YR 6/8, core gley 1 5/-
texture of freshly broken surface smooth
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.08 (channel)-1.6, 1x 2.4 (vughy), 0.28 (channel)
inclusions 10%, length: <0.04-1.4, 1x 2.4
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz frequent, rounded - subrounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, grey, clear, reddish, <0.04-0.2
mica frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, <0.04-ß.ß8
calciumcarbonate frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, white and reddish, yellowish white, <0.04-0.08
carbonate pseudomorphoses very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, elongate, white and reddish, yellowish white, <0.04-2.4
reddish inclusions frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, red, <0.04-0.24
black inclusions frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, subelongate, black, <0.04-0.8
more inclusions2 infrequent, subrounded - subangular, spherical - subspherical, brown, red and grey, 0.2-1.6
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