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BNAP-F-1

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type BNAP-F-1
ware Fine Wares
Ceramica a decorazione lineare
supposed site of production Bay of Naples
visual excamination of fresh break light brown, granular;
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 7.5YR6/4
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 2%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0,02-0,2
inclusions 6%, length: 0,01-0,2
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions
quartz infrequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, white; clear, 0,08
mica frequent, angular, spherical; very elongate, white; dark, 0,01-0,12
reddish inclusions infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, reddish brown, 0,05-0,12
black inclusions frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, black, 0,05-0,12
foraminifera frequent, well rounded, spherical, white, 0,08-0,2
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