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BNAP-TS-2

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type BNAP-TS-2
ware Terra Sigillata
Sigillata Puteolana
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 fine
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,025-0,625
inclusions 7,5%, length: 0,025-0,25
sorting poorly sorted silt
 

Inclusions

quartz singular, angular, subspherical, clear, 0.025-0.175
mica infrequent, angular, spherical, white; dark, 0.025-0.125
carbonate pseudomorphoses riddled with, rounded, spherical, white, 0.025-0.125
reddish inclusions infrequent, angular, spherical, reddish brown, 0.025-0.25
black inclusions singular, angular, spherical, black, 0.025-0.05
more inclusions1 infrequent, rounded, subspherical, yellowish white, 0.175
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