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PAN-SOL-A-1

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometrypetrography
fabric type PAN-SOL-A-1
fabric previously published as SOL - A - 3
ware Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production Palermo/Panormos-Solunto/Solus
certainty of arguments archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break colour dark greyish red and pale red, texture fine and compact, numerous small and few large inclusions: white, grey, reddish, voids, mica
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) reddish brown 5 YR 5/4, core reddish grey 5 YR 5/2
texture of freshly broken surface irregular
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-0.9 (vughy), 1.2 (channel)
inclusions 7.5%, length: <0.04-0.8
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions
quartz frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, grey, clear, <0.04-0.08
mica frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, dark, <0.04-0.06
calciumcarbonate riddled with, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, yellowish white, <0.04-0.5
carbonate pseudomorphoses very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, yellowish white, 0.04-0.8
reddish inclusions infrequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, red, <0.04-0.4
black inclusions frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-1.2
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