Vessel Registration Number:

AS99.A.042

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Tanit, Shipwreck

Amphora

Israel-Palestinian Authorit...

Iron Age IIB

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Description

Color: Brown. Fabric: -. Pores: Meso- Micro Vughs. Single Spaced Porphyric. Homogeneous.

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Amphora
Tanit
Iron Age IIB

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Petrographic Sample

Coastal Lebanon /

Frequent: Biomicrite (algae- very little structure preserved much micritic cement) Medium Sand, Rounded, High Sphericity, Common: Monocrystalline Quartz, Medium-Fine Sand, Sub-Rounded, Medium Sphericity, Very Few: Sparrite, Medium Sand, Angular, Low Sphericity Most, if not all, of this calcite was deposited after these vessels came to rest on the sea floor, Rare: Chert, Medium Sand, Sub-Angular, Low Sphericity, Very Rare: Highly Birefringent Mineral (Olovine/Clinopyroxene), Medium Silt, Angular, Medium Sphericity, Opaques: >1%, Black, Fine Silt, Rounded, High Sphericity.

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