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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, voids, mica
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)-1.0 (vughy), 0.7 (channel)
inclusions 4.5%, length: <0.04-0.9
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz very frequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, grey. Clear, white, <0.04-0.4
mica frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, <0.04-0.12
calciumcarbonate very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, yellowish white, <0.04-0.7
carbonate pseudomorphoses very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, yellowish white, 0.04-0.9
reddish inclusions very frequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, red, <0.04-0.46
black inclusions frequent, rounded, very sphericlal - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, black, <0.04-0.2
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