MOT-A-2, M 179/10, scale bar 0.5mm
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| fabric description | object data | archaeometry | petrography |
| fabric type | MOT-A-2 |
|---|---|
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Mozia / Motya |
| certainty of arguments | archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour red, core dark brown, texture coarse, numerous small to large inclusions: white, yellowish white, grey, red, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | red 10 R 5/8, core weak red 10 R 4/2 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | granular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 10%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-1.2 (vughy), 0.8 (channel) |
| inclusions | 25%, length: <0.04-0.9 |
| sorting | bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | very frequent, well rounded - rounded, angular - subangular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, grey, clear, white, 0.04-0.8 |
| mica | infrequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, dark, <0.04-0.04 |
| calciumcarbonate | frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, yellowish white, white, 0.04-0.06 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellowish white, white, 0.04-0.9 |
| reddish inclusions | infrequent, well rounded - rounded, spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, 0.04-0.7 |
| black inclusions | singular, rounded, spherical, black, 0.04 |
| more inclusions2 | singular, spherical - subspherical, pale red |
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