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PAN-A-2

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type PAN-A-2
ware Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production Palermo / Panormos
certainty of arguments archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break colour light red, texture fine and compact, numerous small and few large inclusions: grey, white, red, voids, mica
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) red 2.5 YR 5/6
texture of freshly broken surface smooth
hardness hard
porosity 7.5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-1.7 (vughy), 1.0 (channel)
inclusions 5%, length: <0.04-0.6
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz very frequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, grey, clear, <0.04-0.2
mica frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, <0.04-0.16
calciumcarbonate frequent, rounded, very spherical, - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, white, yellowish white, grey, 0.04-0.6
carbonate pseudomorphoses very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, grey, black, 0.04-0.5
reddish inclusions frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, <0.04-0.5
black inclusions very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.24
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