LIL-A-2, M 154/70, scale bar 0.5mm
LIL-A-2, M 154/70, 25x
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LIL-A-2, M 154/70, 8x
| 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 red, peripheral area grey, texture coarse, numerous small and few large inclusions: white, grey, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | reddish grey 10 R 5/1, core light red 10 R 6/8 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | irregular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 7.5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-0.72 (vughy), 0.6 (channel) |
| inclusions | 25%, length: <0.04-0.8 |
| 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, white, reddish brown, 0.04-0.7 |
| mica | infrequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.04 |
| calciumcarbonate | riddled with, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, yellowish white, <0.04-0.8 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | riddled with, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, yellowish white, 0.04-0.6 |
| reddish inclusions | singular, very spherical - subspherical, red, reddish brown, 0.12-0.16 |
| black inclusions | singular, subspherical, elongate, black, 0.08 |
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