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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 archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break coulour light red, texture coarse and compact, numerous small to large inclusions: white, grey, mica, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) light red 10 R 6/8
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.06-1.2
inclusions 15%, length: <0.04-1.5
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz frequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate - elongate, grey, white, dark grey, 0.08-0.5
mica infrequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, dark, <0.04-0.06
calciumcarbonate frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, white, yellowish white, <0.04-0.5
carbonate pseudomorphoses frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, yellowish white, 0.08-1.5
reddish inclusions infrequent, rounded subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, red, <0.04-0.4
black inclusions infrequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.28
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