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BNAP-G-7

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type BNAP-G-7
ware Glazed Wares
supposed site of production Bay of Naples
certainty of arguments archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break pink to reddish yellow, fine; some fine dark inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 5YR7/4 - 5YR6/6-7/6
texture of freshly broken surface fine
hardness hard
porosity 2,5%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0,01-0,45
inclusions 1%, length: 0,01-0,15
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz infrequent, subangular, spherical - subspherical, clear, 0,02-0,08
mica frequent, angular, spherical; very elongate, white; dark, 0,01-0,12
carbonate pseudomorphoses frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0,02-0,08
reddish inclusions infrequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, reddish brown, 0,02-0,1
black inclusions infrequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, black, 0,02-0,07
foraminifera singular, subangular, spherical, white, 0,15
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