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SOL-A-4

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type SOL-A-4
ware Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production Solunto / Solus
certainty of arguments archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break colour light red, texture fine and compact, numerous small to large inclusions: yellowish, reddish, voids, white
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) light red 2.5 YR 6/6
texture of freshly broken surface smooth
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.04-0.9
inclusions 15%, length: <0.04-0.8, 1x 2.6
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz frequent, rounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, grey, celar, <0.04-0.6
mica frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, dark, <0.04-0.06
calciumcarbonate riddled with, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-0.8
carbonate pseudomorphoses riddled with, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-2.6
reddish inclusions frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, <0.04-0.3
black inclusions infrequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.72
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