fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
fabric type | W-CENT-SARD-A-3 |
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ware |
Transport Amphorae Punic Pottery |
supposed site of production | West Central Sardinia |
visual excamination of fresh break | yellowish red, granular; many large red inclusions, many fine white particles, some small dark inclusions |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | 5YR5/6 |
texture of freshly broken surface | granular |
hardness | hard |
porosity | 10%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0,04-0,8 |
inclusions | 20%, length: 0,02-3 |
sorting | unsorted |
Inclusions |
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quartz | frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, white; clear, 0,08-3 |
mica | frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,02-0,04 |
reddish inclusions | frequent, subangular, spherical - subspherical, rust coloured, 0,08-2,8 |
black inclusions | frequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, black, 8-1,5 |
white inclusions | infrequent, subrounded, spherical - subelongate, white, 0,2-1 |
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