SOL-A-2, M 179/54, scale bar 0.5mm
SOL-A-2, M 179/54, 25x
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| fabric description | object data | archaeometry | petrography |
| fabric type | SOL-A-2 |
|---|---|
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Solunto / Solus |
| certainty of arguments | archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour reddish brown and ligth red, texture fine and compact, numerous small to large inclusions: white, yellowish, voids, mica |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | light red 2.5 YR 6/6, core weak red 2.5 YR 5/2 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | granular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 5.5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-1.0 (vughy), 0.6 (channel) |
| inclusions | 12.5%, length: <0.04-0.7 |
| sorting | unsorted |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | infrequent, well rounded - subangular, very spherical - subspherical, grey, clear, 0.04-0.1 |
| mica | frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, <0.04-0.08 |
| calciumcarbonate | very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-0.3 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | riddled with, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellowish white, white, 0.04-0.7 |
| reddish inclusions | infrequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, red, 0.04-0.2 |
| black inclusions | infrequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.12 |
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