fabric type |
ION-ADR-A-1
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fabric previously published as |
F. 7a/Corfiote I |
ware |
Transport Amphorae |
supposed site of production |
Ionic-Adriatic region |
certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
visual excamination of fresh break |
colour very pale brown, texture fine and compact, numerous fine to large inclusions: grey, red, voids |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
exterior light brown 7.5 YR 6/4, interior and core very pale brown 10 YR 7/4 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
regular |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
2.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.12-4.8 |
inclusions |
7.5%, length: <0.04-1.2 |
sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
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Inclusions
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quartz |
very frequent, well rounded - angular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, grey, white, 0.04-0.44 |
mica |
very frequent, spherical, angular, elongate, dark, <0.04-0.08 |
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, 0.04-0.1 |
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
frequent, subspherical, white, grey, 0.06-0.48 |
reddish inclusions |
riddled with, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, very elongate, reddish brown, <0.04-0.2 |
black inclusions |
frequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, black, <0.04-0.04 |
grey inclusions |
infrequent, subrounded, very spherical, subelongate, very elongate, grey, 0.4-1.2 |