PAN-A-1, M 154/20, scale bar 0.5mm
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| fabric description | object data | archaeometry | petrography |
| fabric type | PAN-A-1 |
|---|---|
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Palermo / Panormos |
| certainty of arguments | archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour red and grey (sandwich), texture fine and compact, numerous small inclusions: white, grey, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | light red 2.5 YR 6/8, dark reddish grey 2.5 YR 4/1 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | smooth |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-1.2 (vughy), 4.4 (channel) |
| inclusions | 5%, length: <0.04-1.2 |
| sorting | unsorted |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | very frequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, clear, grey, white, 0.04-0.06 |
| mica | frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, dark, <0.04-0.04 |
| calciumcarbonate | very frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, white, yellowish white, grey, <0.04-1.1 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | very frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, very elongate, white, yellowish white, grey, 0.04-1.2 |
| reddish inclusions | very frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, subelongate, reddish brown, red, <0.04-0.6 |
| black inclusions | infrequent, rounded, spherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.12 |
| foraminifera | singular, well rounded, very spherical, white, 0.28-0.4 |
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