| fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
| fabric type | MOT-C-1 |
|---|---|
| ware |
Coarse Wares Plain Ware |
| supposed site of production | Mozia / Motya |
| certainty of arguments | archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour light red, texture middle fine, numerous small to large inclusions: white, yellowish white, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | light red 2.5 YR 6/8 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | irregular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04-0.7 (vughy), 0.8 (channel) |
| inclusions | 20%, length: <0.04-0.6 |
| sorting | bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
Inclusions |
|
| quartz | very frequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular - angular, very spherical - subspherical, grey, clear, white, 0.04-0.4 |
| mica | singular, spherical, elongate, white, dark, <0.04-0.04 |
| calciumcarbonate | frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, yellowish white, white, <0.04-0.4 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | riddled with, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellowish white, white, 0.04-0.6 |
| reddish inclusions | infrequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, red, 0.04-0.2 |
| black inclusions | infrequent, well rounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, black, 0.04-0.16 |
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