PAN-A-1, M 154/68, scale bar 0.5mm
PAN-A-1, M 154/68, 25x
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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, texture fine and compact, numerous small inclusions: white, grey, voids, mica |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | red 10 R 5/8 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | smooth |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-1.0 (vughy), 1.6 (channel) |
| inclusions | 5%, length: <0.04-0.7 |
| sorting | unsorted |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | very frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, subangular, clear, grey, 0.04-0.12 |
| mica | frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, dark, <0.04-0-12 |
| calciumcarbonate | very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical, elongate - subelongate, white, yellowish white, <0.04-0.4 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | riddled with, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, yellowish white, <0.04-0.7 |
| reddish inclusions | very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, red, <0.04-0.3 |
| black inclusions | infrequent, rounded, spherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.16 |
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