SOL-A-4, M 165/43, scale bar 0.5mm
SOL-A-4, M 165/43, 25x
SOL-A-4, M 165/43, 16x
SOL-A-4, M 165/43, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry | petrography |
| 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, peripheral areas dark grey, texture fine and compact, numerous small to large inclusions: yellow, white, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | red 10 R 5/6 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | smooth |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.08 (channel)-0.06 (vughy), 1.6 (channel) |
| inclusions | 10%, length: <0.04-1.7 |
| sorting | unsorted |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | frequent, rounded, subangular, spherical, elongate, white, clear, <0.04-1.7 |
| mica | frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, <0.04-0.06 |
| calciumcarbonate | frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-0.24 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-1.6 |
| reddish inclusions | very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, <0.04-0.8 |
| black inclusions | infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.08 |
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