LIL-A-2, M 154/94, scale bar 0.5mm
LIL-A-2, M 154/94, 25x
LIL-A-2, M 154/94, 16x
LIL-A-2, M 154/94, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry | petrography |
| fabric type | LIL-A-2 |
|---|---|
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Lilibeo / Lilybaion |
| certainty of arguments | archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour light red, peripheral areas pale brown, texture middle fine and compact, numerous small and sporadically large inclusions: white, yellowish white, grey, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | light red 2.5 YR 7/6, peripheral areas pale brown 2.5 YR 8/3 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | irregular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 7.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.04-0.7 |
| inclusions | 30%, length: <0.04-0.9, 1x 1.8 |
| sorting | bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | very frequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, grey, clear, white, reddish brown, 0.04-0.9 |
| mica | infrequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.04 |
| calciumcarbonate | riddled with, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-1.0 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | riddled with, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, yellowish white, white, 0.04-0.6 |
| reddish inclusions | infrequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, red, <0.04-0.28 |
| black inclusions | singular, well rounded, very spherical, black, 0.06-0.2 |
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