| fabric type |
UTI-A-2
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
Utica / Ityke |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeometric: certain, archaeological: certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
colour light red (orange), texture fine and compact, numerous small to few large inclusions: white, red, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
light red 2.5 YR 6/6 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
smooth |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.08 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-1.6, 1x 2.6 (vughy), 0.6 (channel) |
| inclusions |
15%, length: <0.04-1.5, 1x 3.2 |
| sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
| |
Inclusions
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|
quartz |
very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, clear, grey, brownish, 0.08-1.2 |
|
mica |
frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, dark, <0.04-0.08 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, yellowish white, white, 0.04-0.4 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
frequent, subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate - very elongate, yellowish white, white, 0.04-3.2 |
|
reddish inclusions |
very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate - elongate, reddish brown, red, black and reddish brown, <0.04-3.2 |
|
black inclusions |
singular, rounded, spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.12 |
|
white inclusions |
infrequent, subelongate, subspherical, white, 0.5-1.2 |
representative sample for UTI-A-2 
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