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COR-A-1

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type COR-A-1
ware Transport Amphorae
visual excamination of fresh break brownish yellow, hackly; some mid-sized to large brown inclusions, few mid-sized white particles
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 10YR6/6, brownish yellow
texture of freshly broken surface hackly
hardness hard
porosity 2.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,08-0,4
inclusions 5%, length: 0,02-1,2
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz infrequent, angular, spherical, clear, 0.08-0,12
mica infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.02
calciumcarbonate infrequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0.04-0.32
grey inclusions infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, dark grey, 0,04-0,1
brown inclusions very frequent, angular, spherical - subelongate, rusty brown, 0.08-1,2
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