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 |