SOL-A-4, M 187/17, scale bar 0.5mm
SOL-A-4, M 187/17, 25x
SOL-A-4, M 187/17, 16x
SOL-A-4, M 187/17, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry | petrography |
| fabric type | SOL-A-4 |
|---|---|
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Solunto / Solus |
| certainty of arguments | archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour gray, core brownish grey, texture fine and compact, numerous small and few large inclusions: white, dark grey, reddish, mica, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | very dark grey gley 1, 3/0, core reddish grey |
| texture of freshly broken surface | smooth |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.04-0.6 |
| inclusions | 5%, length: <0.04-1.2 |
| sorting | unsorted |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | infrequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical, subelongate, clear, white, 0.08-0.8 |
| mica | frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, <0.04-0.06 |
| calciumcarbonate | frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, yellowish white, <0.04-0.56 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, yellowish white, <0.04-0.8 |
| reddish inclusions | singular, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, reddish brown, brown, 0.06-1.2 |
| black inclusions | very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.4 |
| foraminifera | singular, rounded, very spherical, white, 0.28 |
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