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PAN-A-1, M 106/44, 16x


PAN-A-1, M 106/44, 8x
fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
fabric type | PAN-A-1 |
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ware | Transport Amphorae |
supposed site of production | Palermo / Panormos |
certainty of arguments | archaeological: quite certain |
visual excamination of fresh break | colour grey and red, texture fine and compact, numerous small and few large inclusions: white, voids, mica |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | reddish grey 2.5 YR 5/1, core light reddish brown 2.5 YR 6/4, exterior area 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), 0.06 (channel)-2.4, 1x 3.6 (vughy), 0.7 (channel) |
inclusions | 5%, length: <0.04-1.6 |
sorting | unsorted |
Inclusions |
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quartz | very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, clear, grey, white, <0.04-0.4 |
mica | frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, dark, <0.04-0.16 |
calciumcarbonate | very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - very elongate, white, yellowish white, 0.04-1.6 |
carbonate pseudomorphoses | very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, yellowish white, 0.04-1.2 |
reddish inclusions | very frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, 0.04-1.0 |
black inclusions | frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.16 |
foraminifera | singular, rounded, subspherical, white, 0.2 |
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