LIL-A-1, M 165/2, scale bar 0.5mm
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| fabric description | object data | archaeometry | petrography |
| fabric type | LIL-A-1 |
|---|---|
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Lilibeo / Lilybaion |
| certainty of arguments | archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour greyish brown, coarse texture, numerous small to large inclusions: white, yellowish white, red, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | dark reddish grey 2.5 YR 3/1 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | irregular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 7.5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.08 (channel)-1.6 (vughy), 0.4 (channel) |
| inclusions | 30%, length: <0.04-2.4 |
| sorting | bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | very frequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, clear, grey, 0.08-0.48 |
| mica | infrequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.04 |
| calciumcarbonate | frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, subelongate, white, yellowish white, <0.4-1.2 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, yellowish white, 0.04-1.4 |
| reddish inclusions | frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, red, 0.06-2.4 |
| black inclusions | infrequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, black, 0.06-0.16 |
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