MOT-A-1, M 179/101, 25x
MOT-A-1, M 179/101, 16x
MOT-A-1, M 179/101, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
| fabric type | MOT-A-1 |
|---|---|
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Mozia / Motya |
| certainty of arguments | archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour red, core dark grey, texture coarse, numerous small to large inclusions: white, grey, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | red 10 R 5/8, core weak red 10 R 5/2 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | granular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 10%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04-2.0 (vughy), 0,8 (channel) |
| inclusions | 17.5%, length: <0.04-0.88 |
| sorting | bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | very frequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, grey, clear, white, 0.06-0.76 |
| mica | infrequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.06 |
| calciumcarbonate | frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, yellowish white, 0.04-0.88 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | frequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, yellowish white, 0.08-0.6 |
| black inclusions | singular, well rounded, very spherical, black, 0.24 |
| more inclusions2 | frequent, subspherical, elongate, orange, 0.04-0.4 |
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