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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 red, texture fine and compact, numerous small and few large inclusions: white, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) red 2.5 YR 5/8
texture of freshly broken surface smooth
hardness hard
porosity 2.5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.08 (channel)-0.8 (vughy), 0.3, 1x 0.8 (channel)
inclusions 7.5%, length: <0.04-0.4
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz frequent, rounded - subrounded, subangular, spherical - subspherical, grey, clear, white, 0.04-0.24
mica frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, <0.04-0.08
calciumcarbonate frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, white, yellowish white, <0.04-0.12
carbonate pseudomorphoses very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, white, yellowish white, <0.04-0.4
reddish inclusions infrequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, reddish brown, <0.04-0.06
black inclusions singular, rounded, very spherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.08
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