SOL-A-4, M 165/19, scale bar 0.5mm
SOL-A-4, M 165/19, 25x
SOL-A-4, M 165/19, 16x
SOL-A-4, M 165/19, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry | petrography |
| fabric type | SOL-A-4 |
|---|---|
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Solunto / Solus |
| certainty of arguments | archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour red and dark grey, texture fine and compact, numerous small to large inclusions: yellow, white, red, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | light red 2.5 YR 6/6,core dark reddish grey 2.5 YR 4/1 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | smooth |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.04-1.0, 2x 3.0 |
| inclusions | 10%, length: <0.04-0.5 |
| sorting | unsorted |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | infrequent, subangular, subspherical, elongate, grey, reddish, clear, <0.04-0.12 |
| mica | frequent, spherical, angular, elongate, white, <0.04-0.04 |
| calciumcarbonate | frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, yellow, white, <0.04-0.4 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | riddled with, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellow, white, <0.04-0.5 |
| reddish inclusions | frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, <0.04-0.12 |
| black inclusions | infrequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.18 |
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