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SOL-A-1

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometrypetrography
fabric type SOL-A-1
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 coarse and compact, small and large inclusions: white, yellowish, grey, voids, mica
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) red 2.5 YR 5/6
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 7.5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-2.2 (vughy), 0.7 (channel)
inclusions 17.5%, length: <0.04-1.7
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz frequent, well rounded - angular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, grey, clear, brownish, 0.06-1.0
mica infrequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, dark, <0.04-0.06
calciumcarbonate frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, yellowish white, white, <0.04-0.5
carbonate pseudomorphoses frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, yellowish white, 0.04-1.7
reddish inclusions infrequent, well rounded, subelongate - elongate, reddish brown, red, 0.04-0.1
black inclusions infrequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, black, 0.04-0.24
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