| 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, core reddish brown, texture middle fine, numerous small to large inclusions: white, red, voids, mica |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
red 10 R 5/8, core weak red 10 R 5/3 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
10%; void form: channel, vughy; void length: 0.06 (channel), 0.04 (vughy)-1.2 (channel), 0.6, 1x 2.6 (vughy) |
| inclusions |
12.5%, length: <0.04-1.6 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, subangular - angular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, grey, clear, white, 0.04-0.36 |
|
mica |
very frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, <0.04-0.08 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
riddled with, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-0.24 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellowish white, white, 0.04-0.5 |
|
reddish inclusions |
singular, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, reddish brown, red, 0.28-1.6 |
|
black inclusions |
singular, rounded - subrounded, subspherical, black, 0.04-0.16 |
|
foraminifera |
singular, well rounded - rounded, very spherical, yellowish white, 0.16-0.2 |
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