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LIL-A-1

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
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 grey, peripheral area red, coarse texture, numerous small to large inclusions: white, grey, red, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) dark grey 5 YR 4/1, interior area red 10 R 5/8
texture of freshly broken surface irregular
hardness hard
porosity 7.5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-1.0 (vughy), 0.6 (channel)
inclusions 27.5%, length: <0.04-1.1
sorting bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt
 

Inclusions

quartz very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, grey, clear, white, 0.04-1.1
mica infrequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.06
calciumcarbonate very frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, yellowish white, white, 0.04-0.8
carbonate pseudomorphoses very frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, yellowish white, white, 0.06-1.1
reddish inclusions infrequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.5
black inclusions singular, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, black, 0.06-0.16
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