fabric type |
PAN-SOL-A-1
|
fabric previously published as |
PAN - A - 1 |
ware |
Transport Amphorae |
supposed site of production |
Palermo/Panormos-Solunto/Solus |
certainty of arguments |
archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain |
visual excamination of fresh break |
colour light red, texture fine and compact, numerous small to large inclusions: white, grey, voids |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
light red 2.5 YR 6/8 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
irregular |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
1%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.04-0.2 |
inclusions |
7.5%, length: <0.04-0.8 |
sorting |
unsorted |
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Inclusions
|
quartz |
very frequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, grey, clear, <0.04-0.12 |
mica |
frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, dark, <0.04-0.12 |
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, yellowish white, <0.04-0.2 |
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, yellowish white, 0.04-0.8 |
reddish inclusions |
very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, red, <0.04-0.16 |
black inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, sperical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.12 |