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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 light red, granular; some fine white inclusions, few dark inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 2.5YR6/8
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0.04-0.8
inclusions 5%, length: 0.02-0.8
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz infrequent, angular, spherical, clear, 0.15
mica very frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.03-0.06
calciumcarbonate frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0.06-0.8
carbonate pseudomorphoses very frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0.03-0.3
black iron oxide concretions infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, black, 0.03-0.06
red iron oxide concretions infrequent, rounded, subelongate, reddish brown, 0.06-0.3
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