LIL-A-2, M 119/54, scale bar 0.5mm
LIL-A-2, M 119/54, 25x
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| fabric description | object data | archaeometry | petrography |
| fabric type | LIL-A-2 |
|---|---|
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Lilibeo / Lilybaion |
| certainty of arguments | archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour grey, core red, texture coarse, numerous small and few large inclusions: yellowish white, white, black, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | dark reddish grey 10 R 4/1,core weak red 10 R 5/4 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | irregular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 10%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.06 (vughy, channel)-1.6 (vughy), 0.2 (channel) |
| inclusions | 25%, length: <0.04-0.5, 1x 1.7 |
| sorting | bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | very frequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, grey, clear, 0.06-0.32 |
| mica | infrequent, spherical, white, <0.04-0.04 |
| calciumcarbonate | riddled with, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, yellowish white, <0.04-0.6 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | very frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellowish - white, white, 0.04-0.5 |
| reddish inclusions | singular, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, reddish brown - black, 0.06-1.7 |
| black inclusions | infrequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.2 |
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