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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 archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break colour pale red, texture fine and compact, numerous small to few large inclusions: white, yellowish, grey, mica, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) reddish yellow 5 YR 7/6
texture of freshly broken surface smooth
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-0.5 (vughy), 0.3 (channel)
inclusions 10%, length: <0.04-1.2
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz very frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, clear, grey, <0.04-0.24
mica frequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.04
calciumcarbonate riddled with, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-0.6
carbonate pseudomorphoses riddled with, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, yellowish white, <0.04-1.2
reddish inclusions frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, reddish brown, red, <0.04-0.9
black inclusions singular, rounded, spherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.1
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