| 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 |
colour red, core grey, texture fine and compact, numerous small and few large inclusions: white, grey, red, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
light red 2.5 YR 6/8, core dark grey gley 1 4/- |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
smooth |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-1.6 (vughy), 0.3 (channel) |
| inclusions |
7.5%, length: <0.04-0.9, 1x 1.6, 1x 2.4 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
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quartz |
frequent, rounded - subrounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, clear, reddish, grey, 0.04-0.4 |
|
mica |
frequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.04 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, very elongate, white, grey, <0.04-2.4 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, grey, <0.04-0.4 |
|
reddish inclusions |
frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, <0.04-1.6 |
|
black inclusions |
frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.36 |
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