| fabric type |
SOL-A-5
|
| 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 middle fine and compact, numerous small and few large inclusions: white, grey, black, 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)-0.4 (vughy), 0.8, 1x 2.4 (channel) |
| inclusions |
15%, length: <0.04-1.2 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
frequent, rounded - subrounded, subangular - angular, spherical - subspherical, elongate, clear, grey, reddish, 0,04-0.3 |
|
mica |
frequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.06 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, yellowish white, <0.04-1.2 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, yellowish white, <0.04-1.2 |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, red, 0.04-0.3 |
|
black inclusions |
infrequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.4 |
representative sample for SOL-A-5 
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