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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: quite certain, archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break Greenish-light grey clay, hard, compact, very fine and depurated with visible voids of small and medium size but no visible inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 2.5 Y 7/2
texture of freshly broken surface fine
hardness hard
porosity void form: holes; channel (infrequent); void length: 0,02-0.48 (channel lenght)
inclusions length: 0.02-04-0.36; 1.19 (singular)
sorting well sorted silt
 

Inclusions

quartz infrequent, subrounded, subspherical, whtiish-transparent, 0.12-0.28
mica rare
calciumcarbonate infrequent, subrounded, subspherical; spherical, whitish, 0.04-0.12
carbonate pseudomorphoses very frequent, subrounded; rounded, subspherical; very spherical; subelongate, white-yellowish, 0.03-04-0.32-36
black iron oxide concretions sporadic, angulare; subangular, very elongate; subspherical, black, 0.12-16-1.19 (lenght)
reddish inclusions sporadic, subangular, spherical; subspherical, Dark red to orangish, 0.12-0.36
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