PAN-A-2, M 179/1, scale bar 0.5mm
PAN-A-2, M 179/1, 25x
PAN-A-2, M 179/1, 16x
PAN-A-2, M 179/1, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry | petrography |
| fabric type | PAN-A-2 |
|---|---|
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Palermo / Panormos |
| certainty of arguments | archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour red, exterior area dark grey, texture fine and compact, numerous small inclusions: white, dark grey, reddish, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | red 2.5 YR 5/8, dark reddish grey 2.5 YR 4/1 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | smooth |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-0.4 (vughy), 0.7 (channel) |
| inclusions | 7.5%, length: <0.04-0.7 |
| sorting | unsorted |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, clear, grey, 0.04-0.24 |
| mica | frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, dark, <0.04-0.06 |
| calciumcarbonate | very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, yellowish white, <0.04-0.3 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, yellowish white, dark grey - black, 0.04-0.4 |
| reddish inclusions | very frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, red, <0.04-0.2 |
| black inclusions | frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.2 |
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