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BNAP-F-2

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type BNAP-F-2
ware Fine Wares
Ceramica a decorazione lineare
supposed site of production Bay of Naples
visual excamination of fresh break light brown, granular; some fine white inclusions, mica
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 7.5YR6/4
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0,02-0,3
inclusions 5%, length: 0,01-0,3
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz infrequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, clear; gray, 0,05-0,25
mica very frequent, angular, spherical; very elongate, white; dark, 0,01-0,15
reddish inclusions infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, reddish brown, 0,05-0,3
black inclusions frequent, rounded, spherical - subelongate, black, 0,02-0,25
white inclusions very frequent, well rounded, spherical - subelongate, white, 0,05-0,2
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