SEL-A-2, M 187/8, scale bar 0.5mm
SEL-A-2, M 187/8, 25x
SEL-A-2, M 187/8, 16x
SEL-A-2, M 187/8, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry | petrography |
| fabric type | SEL-A-2 |
|---|---|
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Selinunte / Selinus |
| certainty of arguments | archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour light red, pale brown, texture middle fine, numerous small and few large inclsions: white, grey, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | light red 2.5 YR 6/6, pale brown 2.5 Y 8/2 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | granular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 7.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.04-0.5 |
| inclusions | 30%, length: <0.04-1.0 |
| sorting | well sorted sand in different compositions |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | riddled with, well rounded - rounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, grey, clear, brownish, <0.04-0.52 |
| mica | infrequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04 |
| calciumcarbonate | riddled with, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, subelongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-0.8 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | very frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellowish-white, white, <0.04-0.5 |
| reddish inclusions | very frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-1.0 |
| black inclusions | infrequent, well rounded, very spherical - ssubspherical, black, <0.04-0.12 |
| grey inclusions | singular, subelongate, grey, 1.0 |
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