Vessel Registration Number:

AS99.A.005

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Tanit, Shipwreck

Amphora

Israel-Palestinian Authorit...

Iron Age IIB

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Description

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

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Amphora
Tanit
Iron Age IIB

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Amphora
Tanit
Iron Age IIB

Petrographic Sample

Coastal Lebanon /

Dominant: Micrite (some clear biomicrite but without any distinguishing structures), heavily weathered and altered in post depositional processes., Medium Sand, Rounded, High Sphericity, Few: Monocrystalline Quartz, Fine-Very Fine Sand, Sub-Rounded, High Sphericity, 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., Very Few: Mudstone, Coarse Silt, Rounded, High Sphericity, Chert, Medium Sand, Sub-Rounded, Low Sphericity, Very Rare: Highly Birefringent Mineral (Olovine/Clinopyroxene), Coarse Silt, Angular, Medium Sphericity, Opaques: 1%, Black, Fine Silt, Rounded, High Spericity, Sharp-Clear Boundaries.

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