fabric type |
ION-ADR-A-1
|
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, numerous fine to infrequent large inclusions: grey, red, voids |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
exterior reddish yellow 5 YR 7/6, interior and core pink 7.5 YR 7/4 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
irregular |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
5%; void form: vughy (0.04-0.6), channel (0.08-0.2); void length: 0.04-0.6 |
inclusions |
7.5%, length: <0.04-1.68 |
sorting |
unsorted |
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Inclusions
|
quartz |
riddled with, well rounded - subangular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, grey, white, yellowish, 0.04-0.64 |
mica |
frequent, spherical, angular, white, <0.04-0.04 |
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, spherical - subspherical, yellowish white, 0.08-0.28 |
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
singular, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, grey, 0.2-0.64 |
reddish inclusions |
riddled with, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.24 |
black inclusions |
very frequent, very spherical - subspherical, very elongate, black, 0.04-0.16 |
foraminifera |
singular, spherical, white, 0.32 |
more inclusions2 |
singular, very elongate, reddish brown, 1.68 |