LIL-A-1, M 169/7, 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 red, coarse texture, numerous small to large iclusions: yellowish white, red, mica, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | red 10 R 5/8, peripheral area dark reddish grey 10 R 4/1 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | irregular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 7.5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-1.4 (vughy), 0.4 (channel) |
| inclusions | 30%, length: <0.04-1.4 |
| sorting | bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | very frequent, well rounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, clear, grey, white, 0.04-0.32 |
| mica | infrequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.04 |
| calciumcarbonate | very frequent, rounded, very spherical - spherical, elongate - very elongate, white, yellowish white, <0.04-1.4 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | very frequent, rounded, very spherical - spherical, subelongate, white, yellowish white, 0.04-0.8 |
| reddish inclusions | infrequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, reddish brown, 0.12-0.6 |
| black inclusions | singular, rounded, spherical, subspherical, black, black and red, 0.08-0.44 |
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