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SOL-A-3

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometrypetrography
fabric type SOL-A-3
ware Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production Solunto / Solus
certainty of arguments archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break colour red, texture fine and compact, numerous small and few large inclusions: white, grey, mica, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) red 2.5 YR 5/8
texture of freshly broken surface smooth
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-0.8 (vughy), 0.8 (channel)
inclusions 10%, length: <0.04-0.6
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz very frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, grey, clear, reddish, <0.04-0.2
mica frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, dark, <0.04-0.06
calciumcarbonate very frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, yellowish white, <0.04-0.24
carbonate pseudomorphoses very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, yellowish white, <0.04-0.6
reddish inclusions very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, reddish brown, red, <0.04-0.12
black inclusions infrequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.26
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