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 light red, core grey, texture fine, numerous fine inclusions: white, mica, voids |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
reddish yellow 5 YR 7/6, core light grey 5 YR 7/6 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
regular |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
5%; void form: vughy (0.04-1.52), channel (0.08-1.32); void length: 0.04-1.52 |
inclusions |
15%, length: <0.04-0.24 |
sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
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Inclusions
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quartz |
riddled with, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, grey, yellowish, clear, 0.04-0.12 |
mica |
infrequent, spherical, angular, white, <0.04-0.06 |
calciumcarbonate |
very frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, yellowish white, 0.04-0.2 |
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
infrequent, very spherical - spherical, white, 0.04-0.16 |
reddish inclusions |
very frequent, well rounded, angular, very spherical - subspherical, very elongate, reddish brown, <0.04-0.24 |
black inclusions |
infrequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.2 |
foraminifera |
singular, well rounded, very spherical, white, 0.16 |