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
|
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 |