W-CENT-SARD-A-1, M 179/34, scale bar 0.5mm
W-CENT-SARD-A-1, M 179/34, 25x
W-CENT-SARD-A-1, M 179/34, 16x
W-CENT-SARD-A-1, M 179/34, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry | petrography |
| fabric type | W-CENT-SARD-A-1 |
|---|---|
| fabric previously published as | 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 large inclusions: white, grey, red, 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: channel, vughy; void length: 0.04-0.9 (channel), 1.6 (vughy) |
| inclusions | 15%, length: <0.04-1.1 |
| sorting | bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | very frequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, grey, white, clear, 0.06-0.88 |
| mica | infrequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, <0.04-0.06 |
| calciumcarbonate | very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherrical, yellowish white, white, 0.04-0.32 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | frequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, subelongate - very elongate, yellowish white, white, 0.12-1.1 |
| reddish inclusions | singular, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, reddish brown, 0.12-0.24 |
| black inclusions | singular, rounded, spherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.16 |
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