PAN-A-1, M 92/92, scale bar 0.5mm
PAN-A-1, M 92/92, 25x
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| fabric description | object data | archaeometry | petrography |
| 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 light red, texture fine and compact, numerous small and few large inclusions: white, grey, red, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | light red 2.5 YR 6/8 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | smooth |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.08 (channel)-1.2 (vughy), 2.2 (channel) |
| inclusions | 5%, length: <0.04-1.2 |
| sorting | unsorted |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | very frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, subangular, grey, 0.04-0.2 |
| mica | frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, <0.04-0.08 |
| calciumcarbonate | riddled with, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, yellowish white, <0.04-0.4 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | riddled with, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, yellowish white, <0.04-0.6 |
| reddish inclusions | very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, reddish brown, red, 0.04-1.2 |
| black inclusions | singular, spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, black, 0.04-0.16 |
| foraminifera | singular, rounded, very spherical, white, 0.24 |
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