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COR-A-3

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type COR-A-3
ware Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production Corinth
certainty of arguments archaeometric: not certain
visual excamination of fresh break very pale brown, smooth; large reddish brown and white inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 10YR7/4
texture of freshly broken surface smooth
hardness hard
porosity 10%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,16
inclusions 15%, length: 0,08-1,4
sorting bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt
 

Inclusions

quartz infrequent, angular, subelongate, white; clear, 0,16
mica singular, angular, spherical, white, 0,04
calciumcarbonate infrequent, rounded, spherical - subelongate, white, 0.24-1
reddish inclusions very frequent, rounded, spherical - subelongate, light red, 0,08-3,4
black inclusions infrequent, angular, spherical - elongate, black, 0,08-0,4
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