PAN-A-1, M 165/26, 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, texture fine and compact, numerous small and few large inclusions: white, grey, red, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | red 2.5 YR 5/8 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | irregular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-1.7 (vughy), 0.4 (channel) |
| inclusions | 7.5%, length: <0.04-0.5 |
| sorting | unsorted |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | frequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, grey, reddish, clear, <0.04-0.4 |
| mica | frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, dark, <0.04-0.08 |
| calciumcarbonate | riddled with, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-0.5 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-0.32 |
| reddish inclusions | very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, red and black, <0.04-0.28 |
| black inclusions | frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.2 |
| foraminifera | infrequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical, white, yellowish white, 0.2-0.28 |
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