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 |