SOL-A-2, M 179/70, scale bar 0.5mm
SOL-A-2, M 179/70, 25x
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SOL-A-2, M 179/70, 8x
| 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 fine and compact, few small and frequent large inclusions: white, grey, voids, mica |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | red 10 R 5/8 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | smooth |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-0.9 (vughy), 0.5 (channel) |
| inclusions | 12.5%, length: <0.04-0.76 |
| sorting | unsorted |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, subangular - angular, very spherical - subspherical, grey, clear, white, <0.04-0.5 |
| mica | very frequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.06 |
| calciumcarbonate | frequent, well rounded - subrounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate - very elongate, white, yellowish white, 0.04-0.76 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | infrequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, yellowish white, 0.16-0.4 |
| reddish inclusions | frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, red, <0.04-0.16 |
| black inclusions | infrequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.12 |
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