fabric type |
CAL-A-1
|
fabric previously published as |
F. 5 |
ware |
Transport Amphorae |
supposed site of production |
Calabria |
certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
visual excamination of fresh break |
colour light brown, texture middle fine, numerous fine to large inclusions: white, grey, red, mica, voids |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
exterior and interior pink 7.5 YR 7/4, core light brown 7.5 YR 6/3 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
2.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.04-0.88 |
inclusions |
20%, length: <0.04-1.0 |
sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
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Inclusions
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quartz |
very frequent, well rounded, subangular - angular, subspherical, grey, white, clear, reddish, 0.04-1.0 |
mica |
infrequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, dark, <0.04-0.12 |
reddish inclusions |
very frequent, subangular - angular, subspherical, subelongate, elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.4 |
black inclusions |
very frequent, well rounded - angular, subspherical, subelongate, elongate, black, <0.04-0.68 |
brown inclusions |
infrequent, angular, elongate, dark reddish brown, 0.08-0.16 |