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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 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

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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