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PAN-A-1

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type PAN-A-1
ware Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production Palermo / Panormos
certainty of arguments archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break colour red, edges dark grey, texture fine and compact, numerous small and few large inclusions: white, yellowish white, red, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) red 10 R 5/8, dark grey 10 R 4/1
texture of freshly broken surface smooth
hardness hard
porosity 2.5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-0.5 (vughy), 0.4 and 1x 0.7 (channel)
inclusions 3.5%, length: <0.04-0.7
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, clear, grey, <0.04-0.7
mica frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, dark, <0.04-0.06
calciumcarbonate riddled with, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-0.7
carbonate pseudomorphoses riddled with, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellowhish white, white, <0.04-0.3
reddish inclusions very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, red, <0.04-0.3
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