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SOL-A-3

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometrypetrography
fabric type SOL-A-3
ware Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production Solunto / Solus
certainty of arguments archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break colour light red, texture middle fine, numerous small and few large inclusions: white, grey, red, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) light red 2.5 YR 6/6
texture of freshly broken surface irregular
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-1.7 (vughy), 0.5 (channel)
inclusions 10%, length: <0.04-0.7, 1x3.4
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz very frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, clear, grey, <0.04-0.16
mica frequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.04
calciumcarbonate riddled with, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, yellowish white, <0.04-0.6
carbonate pseudomorphoses very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, yellowish white, <0.04-0.7
reddish inclusions frequent, rounded - subrounded, angular, spherical - subspherical, elongate, very elongate, reddish brown, <0.04-3.4
black inclusions frequent, rounded - subrounded, subangular, spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.2
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