SOL-A-3, M 179/74, 25x
SOL-A-3, M 179/74, 16x
SOL-A-3, M 179/74, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
| fabric type | SOL-A-3 |
|---|---|
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Solunto / Solus |
| certainty of arguments | archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour light reddish brown, core light grey, texture fine and compact, numerous small and few large inclusions: white, grey, reddish, mica, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | reddish yellow 5 YR 6/6, core grey 5 YR 5/1 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | smooth |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 3.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.04-1.2 |
| inclusions | 10%, length: <0.04-2.0 |
| sorting | unsorted |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, grey, white, clear, <0.04-0.6 |
| mica | frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, dark, <0.04-0.08 |
| calciumcarbonate | very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-0.6 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | riddled with, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-1.6 |
| reddish inclusions | very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, red, <0.04-0.5 |
| black inclusions | frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, very elongate, black, <0.04-2.0 |
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