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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, 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

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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