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 light brown, texture middle fine and compact, numerous fine inclusions: red, grey, mica, voids |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
pink 7.5 YR 7/4 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
regular |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
1%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.04-1.0 |
inclusions |
5%, length: <0.04-0.8 |
sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
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Inclusions
|
quartz |
very frequent, well rounded, subangular - angular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate - elongate, grey, yellowish, white, clear, 0.04-0.8 |
mica |
frequent, spherical, angular, elongate, white, dark, <0.04-0.16 |
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate - elongate, white, 0.04-0.2 |
reddish inclusions |
very frequent, well rounded, angular, spherical, subelongate, elongate - very elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.4 |
black inclusions |
frequent, well rounded, spherical - subspherical, subelongate - very elongate, black, <0.04-0.64 |
foraminifera |
singular, rounded, spherical, greyish white, 0.28 |
more inclusions2 |
infrequent, angular, subspherical, elonagte, yellowish brown, 0.12-0.2 |