MOT-A-2, M 179/47, scale bar 0.5mm
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| fabric description | object data | archaeometry | petrography |
| 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 |
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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