MOT-A-1, M 179/9, 25x
MOT-A-1, M 179/9, 16x
MOT-A-1, M 179/9, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
| fabric type | MOT-A-1 |
|---|---|
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Mozia / Motya |
| certainty of arguments | archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour dark grey, peripheral area exterior red, texture coarse, numerous small to large inclusions: white, yellowish, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | dark reddish grey 10 R 4/1, exterior 10 R 4/8 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | granular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 7.5%; void form: channel, vughy; void length: 0.04-0.72 (channel), 1.1 (vughy) |
| inclusions | 20%, length: <0.04-1.0 |
| sorting | bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | very frequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular - angular, very spherical - subspherical, clear, grey, 0.08-0.72 |
| mica | infrequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, <0.04-0.08 |
| calciumcarbonate | very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, yellowish white, 0.04-0.72 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherrical, subelongate, white, yellowish white, 0.04-1.0 |
| reddish inclusions | infrequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, red, orange, 0.04-0.12 |
| black inclusions | singular, subrounded, subspherical, black, 0.12-0.18 |
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