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PAN-A-2

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type PAN-A-2
ware Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production Palermo / Panormos
certainty of arguments archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break colour red, texture fine and compact, numerous small and few large inclusions: grey, white
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) red 2.5 YR 5/8
texture of freshly broken surface smooth
hardness hard
porosity 1.5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-1.4 (vughy), 1.2 (channel)
inclusions 7.5%, length: <0.04-0.7
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz frequent, well rounded - rounded, sherical, elongate, grey, <0.04-0.16
mica frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, dark, <0.04-0.12
calciumcarbonate very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, yellowish white, <0.04-0.4
carbonate pseudomorphoses very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, yellowish white, 0.04-0.32
reddish inclusions very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, red, <0.04-0.16
black inclusions very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, black, dark grey, <0.04-0.7
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