fabric type |
ION-ADR-A-1
|
fabric previously published as |
F. 37 |
ware |
Transport Amphorae |
supposed site of production |
Ionic-Adriatic region |
certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
visual excamination of fresh break |
colour pale brown, texture fine and compact, numerous fine to infrequent large inclusions: white, grey, red, voids |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
pink 7.5 YR 7/4 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
irregular |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
1%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.08-0.6 |
inclusions |
7.5%, length: <0.04-0.6 |
sorting |
unsorted |
|
Inclusions
|
quartz |
very frequent, well rounded - subangular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, grey, white, clear, yellowish, 0.04-0.4 |
mica |
infrequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, <0.04-0.06 |
calciumcarbonate |
very frequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, very elongate, white, 0.04-0.28 |
reddish inclusions |
very frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, elongate - very elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.6 |
black inclusions |
frequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - very elongate, black, <0.04-0.28 |
foraminifera |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, subspherical, white, 0.16-0.4 |