LIL-A-1, M 169/3, scale bar 0.5mm
LIL-A-1, M 169/3, 25x
LIL-A-1, M 169/3, 16x
LIL-A-1, M 169/3, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry | petrography |
| fabric type | LIL-A-1 |
|---|---|
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Lilibeo / Lilybaion |
| certainty of arguments | archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour red, coarse texture, numerous small and few large inclusions: yellowish white, reddish brown, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | red 10 R 5/8 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | irregular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 12.5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-2.1 (vughy), 0.6 (channel) |
| inclusions | 25%, length: <0.04-1.1 |
| sorting | bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | very frequent, well rounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, grey, clear, white, 0.04-0.5 |
| mica | infrequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, <0.04-0.04 |
| calciumcarbonate | very frequent, rounded, very spherical - spherical, elongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-0.9 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | very frequent, rounded, very spherical - spherical, subelongate, yellowish white, white, 0.06-1.1 |
| reddish inclusions | singular, well rounded, very spherical, elongate, red, reddish brown, 0.04-0.16 |
| black inclusions | singular, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, black, 0.04-0.2 |
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