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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 Light grey-greenish clay, fine with a good percentage of porosity and few visible inclusions of reddish colour and small size
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 10 YR 7/2
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity void form: Holes; Vughy (sporadic); void length: 0.04-0.60
inclusions length: 0.04-0.24-28
sorting well sorted silt
 

Inclusions

quartz infrequent, subangular, subspherical; spherical, Greyish/whitish/transparent, 0.04-0.16
mica frequent, angular, subelongate, Shiny, 0.02-04
calciumcarbonate infrequent, subrounded; rounded, subspherical, whitish/yellowish, 0.08-0.16
carbonate pseudomorphoses frequent, subrounded; rounded, subspherical; spherical, yellowish, 0.02-04-0.16-20
black iron oxide concretions sporadic, rounded; subrounded, spherical, black, 0.04-0.20
red iron oxide concretions sporadic, subrounded; subangular, subspherical, dark red, 0.04-0.20
more inclusions2 frequent, rounded, subspherical; spherical, Orange/dark orange, 0.04-0.28
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