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PAN-A-1

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometrypetrography
fabric type PAN-A-1
ware Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production Palermo / Panormos
certainty of arguments archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break colour red, core dark grey, texture fine and compact, numerous small and few large inclusions: white, grey, red, voids, mica
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) light red 2.5 YR 6/8, core grey gley 1 5/-
texture of freshly broken surface smooth
hardness hard
porosity 3.5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-0.5 (vughy), 0.7 (channel)
inclusions 5%, length: <0.04-0.9
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz very frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, clear, grey, 0.04-0.6
mica frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, <0.04-0.08
calciumcarbonate very frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, greyish, <0.04-0.9
carbonate pseudomorphoses very frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, greyish, <0.04-0.4
reddish inclusions very frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, reddish brown, <0.04-0.28
black inclusions infrequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, black, <0.04-0.4
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