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BNAP-TS-5

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type BNAP-TS-5
ware Terra Sigillata
Campanian Orange Ware
supposed site of production Bay of Naples
visual excamination of fresh break granular, fine black inclusions and mica sporadically visible
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 5YR6/6
texture of freshly broken surface irregular
hardness hard
porosity 20%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,025-0,25
inclusions 15%, length: 0,025-0,25
sorting poorly sorted silt
 

Inclusions

quartz singular
mica singular, angular, spherical, dark, 0,025-0,1
carbonate pseudomorphoses very frequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0,025-0,25
reddish inclusions infrequent, angular, spherical, rust coloured, 0,025-0,1
black inclusions frequent, angular, spherical, black, 0,025-0,2
more inclusions1 singular, rounded, subspherical, brown; white, 0,125-0,25
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