SOL-A-1, M 179/48, scale bar 0.5mm
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| fabric description | object data | archaeometry | petrography |
| fabric type | SOL-A-1 |
|---|---|
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Solunto / Solus |
| certainty of arguments | archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour light red and pale brown (sandwich), texture middle fine, numerous small to large inclusions: white, grey, red, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | light red 10 R 7/6, pinkish white 7.5 YR 8/2 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | granular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 7.5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-0.8 (vughy), 0.6 (channel) |
| inclusions | 15%, length: <0.04-1.6 |
| sorting | unsorted |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | frequent, well rounded - subrounded, subangular - angular, very spherical - subspherical, grey, clear, white, reddish, 0.06-0.44 |
| mica | infrequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, <0.04-0.06 |
| calciumcarbonate | very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-1.4 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellowish white, white, 0.04-1.6 |
| reddish inclusions | very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, red, <0.04-0.4 |
| black inclusions | infrequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.24 |
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