MOT-C-1, M 187/37, scale bar 0.5mm
MOT-C-1, M 187/37, 25x
MOT-C-1, M 187/37, 16x
MOT-C-1, M 187/37, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry | petrography |
| fabric type | MOT-C-1 |
|---|---|
| ware |
Coarse Wares Plain Ware |
| supposed site of production | Mozia / Motya |
| certainty of arguments | archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour red, reddish brown, texture middle fine, numerous small to large inclusions: yellowish white, white, |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | red 10 R 5/8, dark reddish grey 10 R 4/1 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | granular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-0.32 (vughy), 0.5 (channel) |
| inclusions | 25%, length: <0.04-1.0 |
| sorting | bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | frequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular - angular, very spherical - subspherical, grey, white, 0.06-1.0 |
| mica | infrequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.04 |
| calciumcarbonate | infrequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, yellowish white, <0.04-0.16 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, yellowish white, 0.06-1.0 |
| reddish inclusions | singular, very spherical, reddish brown, 0.04 |
| black inclusions | singular, rounded, spherical, elongate, black, 0.08-0.2 |
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