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AKR-A-1

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type AKR-A-1
ware Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production Agrigento
certainty of arguments archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break Pinkish-brown clay with visible inclusions of white colour, low diffused and of small-medium size
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 5 YR 6/6
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity void form: Vughy; channel (sporadic); chamber (sporadic); void length: 0.08-1.19-23
inclusions length: 0.04-1.19
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

mica infrequent
calciumcarbonate frequent, subrounded; angular, elongate; subspherical; spherical, white, 0.08-1.15
carbonate pseudomorphoses frequent, subrounded; angular, elongate; very elongate, white/yellowish, 0.08-1.19
reddish inclusions sporadic, subrounded; well rounded, subelongate; spherical, Dark and Light red, 0.20-0.56
black inclusions rare, subangular; rounded, very spherical, black, 0.04-0.08
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