SOL-A-3, M 179/84, scale bar 0.5mm
SOL-A-3, M 179/84, 25x
SOL-A-3, M 179/84, 16x
SOL-A-3, M 179/84, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry | petrography |
| 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 |
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| 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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