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SOL-A-2

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type SOL-A-2
ware Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production Solunto / Solus
certainty of arguments archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break colour reddish brown, texture middle fine, numerous small to large inclusions: pale red, red, yellowish, grey, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) light reddish brown 5 YR 5/3
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 10%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.08 (channel)-0.8 (vughy), 0.2 (channel)
inclusions 17.5%, length: <0.04-2.5
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz infrequent, well rounded - subrounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, grey, white, clear, 0.06-1.0
mica frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, <0.04-0.08
calciumcarbonate infrequent, rounded, spherical, elongate, yellow, yellowish white, reddish, <0.04-2.0
carbonate pseudomorphoses riddled with, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellow, yellowish white, reddish, 0.04-2.5
reddish inclusions frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, red, <0.04-0.5
black inclusions infrequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.2
foraminifera singular, rounded, spherical, white, 0.24
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