UTI-A-1, M 118/1, 25x
UTI-A-1, M 118/1, 16x
UTI-A-1, M 118/1, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
| fabric type | UTI-A-1 |
|---|---|
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Utica / Ityke |
| certainty of arguments | archaeometric: certain, archaeological: certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour pale green, core pale yellow, texture fine, numerous small to medium sized inclusions: red, grey, white, mica, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | white 5 Y 8/1 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | granular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 10%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04-1.2 (vughy), 2.2 (channel) |
| inclusions | 20%%, length: <0.04-0.72 |
| sorting | bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, clear, grey, 0.04-0.5 |
| mica | frequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.04 |
| reddish inclusions | very frequent, rounded - subrounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, red, <0.04-0.32 |
| black inclusions | singular, rounded - subrounded, spherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.36 |
| more inclusions2 | infrequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, orange, 0.12-0.72 |
representative sample for UTI-A-1 Cite this page as: FACEM - http://facem.at/uti-a-1
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