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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, texture fine and compact, numerous small and few large inclusions: white, grey, red, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) red 2.5 YR 5/8
texture of freshly broken surface irregular
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-1.7 (vughy), 0.4 (channel)
inclusions 7.5%, length: <0.04-0.5
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz frequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, grey, reddish, clear, <0.04-0.4
mica frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, dark, <0.04-0.08
calciumcarbonate riddled with, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-0.5
carbonate pseudomorphoses very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-0.32
reddish inclusions very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, red and black, <0.04-0.28
black inclusions frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.2
foraminifera infrequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical, white, yellowish white, 0.2-0.28
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