| fabric type |
PAN-SOL-A-1
|
| fabric previously published as |
PAN - A - 1 |
| 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 light red, texture fine and compact, numerous small and few large inclusions: white, grey, red, voids, mica |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
light red 2.5 YR 6/8 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
irregular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
2.5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-2.4 (vughy), 1.0 (channel) |
| inclusions |
4%, length: <0.04-0.9 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
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Inclusions
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|
quartz |
very frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, grey, clear, white, 0.04-0.2 |
|
mica |
frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, dark, <0.04-0.06 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - sunbspherical, elongate, white, yellowhish white, <0.04-0.6 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, yellowish white, 0.04-0.6 |
|
reddish inclusions |
very frequent, well rounded - subangular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, red, <0.04-0.9 |
|
black inclusions |
infrequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, black, 0.04-0.4 |
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