SEL-A-2, M 154/98, scale bar 0.5mm
SEL-A-2, M 154/98, 25x
SEL-A-2, M 154/98, 16x
SEL-A-2, M 154/98, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry | petrography |
| fabric type | SEL-A-2 |
|---|---|
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Selinunte / Selinus |
| certainty of arguments | archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour greenish white, core pale red, fine texture, numerous small and few large inclusions: grey, red, white, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | pale yellow 5 Y 7/3, core light reddish-brown 2.5 YR 7/6 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | granular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 7.5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-1.4, 1x 2.2 (vughy), 1.7 (channel) |
| inclusions | 30%, length: <0.04-0.7 |
| sorting | well sorted sand in different compositions |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | riddled with, well rounded - rounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, grey, clear, <0.04-0.56 |
| mica | infrequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.04 |
| calciumcarbonate | riddled with, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, <0.04-0.4 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | singular, rounded, very spherical, white - orange, 0.36 |
| reddish inclusions | very frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, red, reddish brown, orange, <0.04-0.68 |
| black inclusions | infrequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.24 |
| more inclusions2 | singular, subspherical, pale red, greenish white, 0.5-0.7 |
representative sample for SEL-A-2 Cite this page as: FACEM - http://facem.at/sel-a-2
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