| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
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 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
vessel form type |
Amphora Punic amphora, detailed information coming up soon |
fragmentation |
body |
surface description |
smoothed exterior: reddish yellow, 5YR6/6; interior: reddish yellow, 5YR6/8 |
|
Context Data
|
site of discovery |
Palermo / Panormos Caserma Tukory |
registration code of context |
unit of stratification 168 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
sample taken |
September 2009, by Francesca Spatafora, Soprintendenza Beni Culturali e Ambientali di Palermo |
sample no |
M 107/1 |
status of sample |
whole sample available |
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