PAN-A-1, M 179/60, scale bar 0.5mm
PAN-A-1, M 179/60, 25x
PAN-A-1, M 179/60, 16x
PAN-A-1, M 179/60, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry | petrography |
| fabric type | PAN-A-1 |
|---|---|
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Palermo / Panormos |
| certainty of arguments | archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour pale red, texture fine and compact, numerous small to few large inclusions: white, yellowish, grey, mica, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | reddish yellow 5 YR 7/6 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | smooth |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-0.5 (vughy), 0.3 (channel) |
| inclusions | 10%, length: <0.04-1.2 |
| sorting | unsorted |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | very frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, clear, grey, <0.04-0.24 |
| mica | frequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.04 |
| calciumcarbonate | riddled with, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-0.6 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | riddled with, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, yellowish white, <0.04-1.2 |
| reddish inclusions | frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, reddish brown, red, <0.04-0.9 |
| black inclusions | singular, rounded, spherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.1 |
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