fabric type |
ION-ADR-A-1
|
fabric previously published as |
F. 4 |
ware |
Transport Amphorae |
supposed site of production |
Ionic-Adriatic region |
certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
visual excamination of fresh break |
colour brown and light red, texture fine and compact, numerous fine inclusions: white, voids |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
exterior pink 76.5 YR 7/4, interior and core reddish yellow 5 YR 7/6 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
regular |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
2.5%; void form: vughy (0.08-0.6), channel (0.68-2.8); void length: 0.08-0.6 |
inclusions |
5%, length: <0.04-1.8 |
sorting |
unsorted |
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Inclusions
|
quartz |
very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, grey, yellowish, clear, white, 0.04-0.56 |
mica |
infrequent, spherical, angular, white, dark, <0.04 |
calciumcarbonate |
very frequent, well rounded - subangular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, <0.04-0.12 |
reddish inclusions |
very frequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, very elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.24 |
black inclusions |
infrequent, well rounded - angular, very spherical - subspherical, very elongate, black, <0.04-0.32 |
more inclusions2 |
frequent, well rounded, spherical - subspherical, yellowish white, 0.08-1.8 |