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SOL-A-1

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type SOL-A-1
ware Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production Solunto / Solus
certainty of arguments archaeometric: quite certain, archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break colour light red, texture middle fine, numerous small to large inclusions: white, grey, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) light red 10 R 6/8, core light brown 7.5 YR 6/3
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.05 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-2.0 (vughy), 1.2 (channel)
inclusions 17.5%, length: <0.04-1.0
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, subangular - angular, very spherical - subspherical, grey, white, reddish, 0.06-0.5
mica infrequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, dark, <0.04-0.04
calciumcarbonate infrequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, white, <0.04-0.48
carbonate pseudomorphoses frequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, light grey, 0.08-1.0
reddish inclusions infrequent, subrounded, subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, 0.08-0.16
black inclusions infrequent, rounded - subrounded, subangular, spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.36
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