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PAN-A-1

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
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 red, texture fine and compact, infrequent small inclusions: white, voids, mica
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)-0.6 (vughy), 0.12 (channel)
inclusions 3.5%, length: <0.04-0.5
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz very frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, grey, clear, <0.04-0.12
mica frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, <0.04-0.08
calciumcarbonate very frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, yellowish white, <0.04-0.2
carbonate pseudomorphoses frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, yellowish white, 0.04-0.44
reddish inclusions very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherica - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, red, <0.04-0.5
black inclusions infrequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, black, 0.04-0.12
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