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MOT-A-2

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type MOT-A-2
ware Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production Mozia / Motya
visual excamination of fresh break colour red, texture coarse, numerous small to large inclusions: white, grey, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) red 10 R 5/8
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 7.5%; void form: channel, vughy; void length: 0.06 (channel), 0.04 (vughy)-3.4 (channel), 1.76 (vughy)
inclusions 20%, length: <0.04-1.05
sorting bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt
 

Inclusions

quartz frequent, well rounded - rounded, angular - subangular, very spherical - subspherical, clear, grey, 0.08-0.9
mica infrequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, <0.04-0.06
calciumcarbonate very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-0.32
carbonate pseudomorphoses very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellowish white, white, 0.04-1.04
reddish inclusions singular, rounded, very spherical, reddish brown, 0.04-0.06
black inclusions singular, rounded, spherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.4
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