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AKR-A-1

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometrypetrography
fabric type AKR-A-1
ware Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production Agrigento
certainty of arguments archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break Brown-reddish clay, fine and depurated with very few visible inclusions of white-yellowish colour and many visible linear fractures
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 5 YR 6/6
texture of freshly broken surface fine
hardness hard
porosity void form: channel; holes; void length: 0.4-<1.59
inclusions length: 0.08-0.40-1.00
sorting poorly sorted silt
 

Inclusions

quartz infrequent, subrounded, very spherical; spherical, greyish/transparent, 0.04-08-0.16
mica frequent, very angular, very spherical; elongate, shiny
calciumcarbonate frequent, rounded; subrounded; subangular, subspherical; very elongate, grayish white, 0.08-1.00
carbonate pseudomorphoses frequent, subangular; well rounded; subrounded, subspherical; very spherical, whitish, 0.08-0.36
black inclusions sporadic, subrounded, spherical, black, 0.16
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