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SOL-A-4

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type SOL-A-4
fabric previously published as 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, edges dark grey, texture fine, numerous small and few large inclusions: white, red, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) dark reddish grey 2.5 YR 4/1, core light red 10 R 6/8
texture of freshly broken surface smooth
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-0.08 (vughy), 0.72 (channel)
inclusions 7.5%, length: <0.04-0.76
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz singular, subangular, very spherical, clear, 0.12
mica frequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.08
calciumcarbonate very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, yellowish white, <0.04-0.34
carbonate pseudomorphoses very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, subelongate, white, yellowish white, <0.04-0.76
reddish inclusions frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, 0.04-0.4
black inclusions singular, subrounded, sperical - subspherical, black, 0.04-0.14
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