SOL-A-2, M 179/6, scale bar 0.5mm
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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 red, texture middle fine, numerous small and few large inclusions: white, red, grey, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | red 2.5 YR 5/8 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | granular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 7.5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-1.0 (vughy), 0.6 (channel) |
| inclusions | 15%, length: <0.04-1.6 |
| sorting | unsorted |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, subangular - angular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - very elongate, grey, white, clear, 0.04-0.9 |
| mica | frequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.06 |
| calciumcarbonate | very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - very elongate, white, <0.04-0.64 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | infrequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, 0.08-0.32 |
| reddish inclusions | frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, red, <0.04-1.6 |
| black inclusions | infrequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.36 |
| foraminifera | infrequent, well rounded, very spherical, subspherical, elongate, very elongate, white, 0.4-0.8 |
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