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SOL-A-5

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometrypetrography
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, texture fine and compact, numerous small to large inclusions: white,yellowish, red, mica, 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), 0.06 (channel)-1.2 (vughy), 0.8 (channel)
inclusions 10%, length: <0.04-1.2, 1x 2.4
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz frequent, rounded - subrounded, subangular, spherical - subspherical, elongate, clear, grey, 0.04-0.3
mica frequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.06
calciumcarbonate frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, yellowish white, white; yellowish white and red, <0.04-1.2
carbonate pseudomorphoses frequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellowish white, white; yellowish white and red, <0.04-0.8
reddish inclusions infrequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, 0.04-0.5
black inclusions singular, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, 0.1-0.14
more inclusions2 infrequent, subrounded, subspherical, yellowish brown, reddish brown, 0.1-2.4
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