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SEL-C-1

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometrypetrography
fabric type SEL-C-1
ware Coarse Wares
supposed site of production Selinunte / Selinus
certainty of arguments archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break colour greenish brown, fine and compact, numerous small inclusions: yellowish white, white, grey/black, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) brown 7.5 YR 5/2
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.04-0.8
inclusions 15%, length: <0.04-0.6, 1x 1.3
sorting moderately sorted sand
 

Inclusions

quartz very frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, grey, white, <0.04-0.32
mica infrequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, <0.04-0.1
calciumcarbonate riddled with, rounded, very spherical - subsperical, elongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-1.3
carbonate pseudomorphoses riddled with, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, yellowish white, white, <0.04-0.6
reddish inclusions very frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.28
black inclusions infrequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.28
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