SEL-A-2, M 154/88, scale bar 0.5mm
SEL-A-2, M 154/88, 25x
SEL-A-2, M 154/88, 16x
SEL-A-2, M 154/88, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry | petrography |
| fabric type | SEL-A-2 |
|---|---|
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Selinunte / Selinus |
| certainty of arguments | archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour light red, texture fine and compact, numerous small, sporadic large inclusions: white, grey, mica, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | light red 2.5 YR 6/6 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | granular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-0.28, 1x 0.8 (vughy), 0.4 (channel) |
| inclusions | 20%, length: <0.04-0.9 |
| sorting | well sorted sand in different compositions |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | very frequent, well rounded - rounded - subangular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, grey, clear, <0.04-0.72 |
| mica | infrequent, spherical, white, <0.04 |
| calciumcarbonate | riddled with, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, subelongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-0.7 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | infrequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, yellowish white, white, <0.04-0.9 |
| reddish inclusions | very frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.16 |
| black inclusions | infrequent, rounded, subspherical, black, 0.04-0.28 |
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