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SOL-A-1

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type SOL-A-1
ware Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production Solunto / Solus
certainty of arguments archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break colour light red, core light brown, texture middle fine, numerous small to large inclusions: white, grey, red, mica, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) light red 10 R 6/8, core pink 5 YR 7/4
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.06-1.0 (vughy, 1x 3.2), 0.5 (channel)
inclusions 12.5%, length: <0.04-0.8
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz very frequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, grey, white, reddish, clear, 0.06-0.8
mica infrequent, spherical, elongate, white, dark, <0.04-0.08
calciumcarbonate frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, yellowish white, white, 0.04-0.7
carbonate pseudomorphoses infrequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellowish white, white, 0.1-0.4
reddish inclusions very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, elongate, reddish brown, red, <0.04-0.4
black inclusions singular, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.16
grey inclusions singular, subrounded, very spherical, grey, 0.6
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