fabric type |
CAR-REG-C-5
|
fabric previously published as |
KTS Carthage (n. 369) |
ware |
Coarse Wares |
supposed site of production |
Carthage region |
certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
visual excamination of fresh break |
red, core: light brown, irregular; numerous fine to large white particles, few fine gray inclusions |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
2.5YR5/6, core: 7.5YR6/4 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
irregular |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
10%; void form: channel; vughy; void length: 0,04-2 |
inclusions |
15%, length: 0,02-1 |
sorting |
unsorted |
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Inclusions
|
quartz |
very frequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, clear; white, 0,04-1 |
mica |
infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,02 |
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0,05-0,25 |
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
frequent, well rounded, spherical, white, 0,12-0,25 |
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, angular, spherical, reddish brown, 0,08-0,12 |
black inclusions |
frequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, black, 0,05-0,2 |
brown inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, yellowish brown, white rim, 0,12-0,25 |