LIL-A-1, M 165/31, scale bar 0.5mm
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| fabric description | object data | archaeometry | petrography |
| fabric type | LIL-A-1 |
|---|---|
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Lilibeo / Lilybaion |
| certainty of arguments | archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour red, coarse texture, numerous small to large inclusions: white, grey, red, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | light red 2.5 YR 6/8 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | irregular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 7.5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy, channel)-1.8 (vughy), 1.2 (channel) |
| inclusions | 27.5%, length: <0.04-1.8 |
| sorting | bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | very frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, grey, reddish brown, 0.04-0.28 |
| mica | infrequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.06 |
| calciumcarbonate | riddled with, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, yellowish white, white, grey, <0.04-1.8 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | very frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellowish white, white, grey, 0.04-0.5 |
| reddish inclusions | singular, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, red, reddish brown, red and black, 0.08-0.76 |
| black inclusions | infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.16 |
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