| fabric type |
MOT-A-2
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
Mozia / Motya |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
colour light red, core greyish brown, numerous small to large inclusions: yellowish white, mica, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
light red 2.5 YR 6/8, core brown 7.5 YR 5/2 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
10%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04-2.8 (vughy), 0.06 (channel) |
| inclusions |
20%, length: <0.04-1.0 |
| sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
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Inclusions
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|
quartz |
very frequent, well rounded, subangular - angular, very spherical - subspherical, grey, clear, 0.04-0.4 |
|
mica |
infrequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.04 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, yellowish white, white, 0.04-0.28 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellowish white, white, 0.04-1.0 |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, rounded - subrounded, subangular, spherical - subspherical, subelongate, reddish brown, 0.06-0.4 |
|
black inclusions |
infrequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, subelongate, black, 0.04-0.12 |
|
more inclusions2 |
infrequent, spherical - subspherical, orange |
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