PAN-A-2, M 106/11, 25x
PAN-A-2, M 106/11, 16x
PAN-A-2, M 106/11, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
| fabric type | PAN-A-2 |
|---|---|
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Palermo / Panormos |
| certainty of arguments | archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour red, texture fine and compact, small and few large inclusions: white, grey, red, voids, mica |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | red 2.5 YR 5/6 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | smooth |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 3.5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-1.0, 1x 3.8 (vughy), 1.7 (channel) |
| inclusions | 5%, length: <0.04-0.8 |
| sorting | unsorted |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | very frequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, grey, clear, <0.04-0.12 |
| mica | frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, dark, <0.04-0.16 |
| calciumcarbonate | frequent, rounded, angular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, subelongate, white, yellowish white, 0.04-0.48 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, white, yellowish white, 0.12-0.8 |
| reddish inclusions | very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, <0.04-0.4 |
| black inclusions | very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subsphercial, elongate, black, dark grey, <0.04-0.8 |
| foraminifera | singular, rounded, very spherical, white, 0.4 |
representative sample for PAN-A-2 Cite this page as: FACEM - http://facem.at/pan-a-2
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