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AKR-A-1

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometrypetrography
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 Clay of reddish-yellow colour, very fine and depurated with no visible inclusions (rare of whitish colour)
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 5 YR 6/6
texture of freshly broken surface fine
hardness hard
porosity void form: channel; vughy (sporadic); void length: 0,08-0,83
inclusions length: 0.04-0.20-24
sorting well sorted silt
 

Inclusions

quartz sporadic, angular; subrounded, spherical; very spherical, greyish-transparent-whitish, 0,04-0,12-16
mica frequent
calciumcarbonate infrequent, angular; subrounded, spherical; subelongate, white, 0,04-0,20-28
carbonate pseudomorphoses frequent, well rounded; subangular, very spherical, white-yellowish, 0,04-08-0,16
reddish inclusions sporadic, subrounded; subangular, subspherical; very spherical, reddish-dark red, 0,08-0,20
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