| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
fabric type |
CAL-A-1
|
ware |
Transport Amphorae |
visual excamination of fresh break |
light brown, fine; numerous small to mid-sized quartz particles |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
10YR7/4 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
fine |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
3.5%; void form: channel; void length: 0,12-0,8 |
inclusions |
length: 0,2-1,2 |
sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
|
Inclusions
|
quartz |
very frequent, angular, subelongate, clear; white, 0.2-1,2 |
mica |
infrequent |
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, angular, subelongate, dark red, 0,4-1 |
black inclusions |
frequent, angular, subelongate, black |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
vessel form type |
Amphora Western Greek amphora, Gassner's rim 3 |
fragmentation |
fragmentation not specified |
surface description |
coarse |
|
Context Data
|
site of discovery |
Rhegion Lido ex stazione, area II, trench III, 1979/80 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
petrographic mineralogical type |
RRA1 |
sample taken |
July 1995 |
sample no |
M 55/1 |
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