SEL-A-3, M 154/82, scale bar 0.5mm
SEL-A-3, M 154/82, 25x
SEL-A-3, M 154/82, 16x
SEL-A-3, M 154/82, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry | petrography |
| fabric type | SEL-A-3 |
|---|---|
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Selinunte / Selinus |
| certainty of arguments | archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour red, texture middle fine and compact, numerous small and large inclusions: white, grey, red, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | red 2.5 YR 5/8 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | granular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 7.5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy, 0.06 (channel)-1.4, 1x 3.6 (vughy), 2.0, 1x 1.5 (channel) |
| inclusions | 15%, length: <0.04-3.0 |
| sorting | moderately sorted sand |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | very frequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, grey, clear, brownish, <0.04-1.0 |
| mica | infrequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04 |
| calciumcarbonate | riddled with, rounded, angular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, yellowish white, <0.04-0.48 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | singular, very spherical - subsperical, yellowish white, <0.04-0.12 |
| reddish inclusions | very frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - very elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04->12.0 |
| black inclusions | infrequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.2 |
| foraminifera | singular, rounded, very spherical, white, 0.28 |
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