MOT-A-1, M 179/20, scale bar 0.5mm
MOT-A-1, M 179/20, 25x
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MOT-A-1, M 179/20, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry | petrography |
| fabric type | MOT-A-1 |
|---|---|
| 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 grey, texture coarse, numerous small to lage inclusions: white, yellowish white, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | red 10 R 5/8, core dark reddish grey 10 R 4/1 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | granular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 10%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04-0.8 (vughy), 1.0 (channel) |
| inclusions | 25%, length: <0.04-2.1 |
| sorting | bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, subangular - angular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, grey, reddish, clear, white, 0.04-2.1 |
| mica | infrequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.08 |
| calciumcarbonate | frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, yellowish white, 0.04-0.9 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | very frequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, yellowish white, 0.12-0.8 |
| reddish inclusions | infrequent, very spherical - subspherical, reddish brown, red, 0.04-0.12 |
| black inclusions | infrequent, well rounded, subspherical, black, 0.12-0.4 |
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