

HIM-A-2, M 179/327, scale bar 0.2mm


HIM-A-2, M 179/327, scale bar 0.5mm


HIM-A-2, M 179/327, 25x


HIM-A-2, M 179/327, 16x


HIM-A-2, M 179/327, 8x
fabric description | object data | archaeometry | petrography |
fabric type | HIM-A-2 |
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ware | Transport Amphorae |
supposed site of production | Himera |
certainty of arguments | archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain |
visual excamination of fresh break | Light reddish-brown clay, very fine and depurated with few, sporadic and small visible inclusions of white-yellowish colour. High percentage of porosity |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | 5 YR 6/4 |
texture of freshly broken surface | fine |
hardness | hard |
porosity | void form: Vughy; channel; holes; void length: 0.04-1.39 (channel lenght) |
inclusions | length: 0.04-08-0.40-1,59 (one singular inclution) |
sorting | bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
Inclusions |
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quartz | rare, subangular; subrounded, subspherical, white-greyish-transparent, 0,24-0,40 |
mica | singular, very small |
calciumcarbonate | frequent, well rounded; subrounded, spherical; subspherical, white, 0,02-04-0,12-16 |
carbonate pseudomorphoses | very frequent, rounded; subangular, spherical; very spherical, whitish-yellowish, 0,04-08-0,16-36 |
reddish inclusions | rare, subrounded; rounded, subelongate; very spherical, reddish, 0,12-16-0,20 |
more inclusions2 | singular- Big void with carbonate inside, rounded, subelongate, whitish-greyish, 1,59 |
more inclusions3 | rare, well rounded, very spherical, yellowish, 0,12-16-0,28 |
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