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CAR-REG-C-3

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type CAR-REG-C-3
ware Coarse Wares
supposed site of production Carthage region
certainty of arguments archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break light yellowish brown, core: light brownish gray, irregular; some fine to large white and yellowish red inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 2.5Y6/3, core: 2.5Y6/2
texture of freshly broken surface irregular
hardness hard
porosity 15%; void form: channel; vughy; void length: 0,04-2
inclusions 15%, length: 0,02-1,7
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz frequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, clear, 0,04-0,5
mica infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,02
black inclusions frequent, angular, spherical, black, 0,05-0,2
brown inclusions frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, yellowish brown, white rim, 0,12-1,7
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