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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 reddish brown, granular; few very fine white and dark inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 5YR6/4
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: vughy; vesicular; channel; void length: 0,01-0,65
inclusions 2,5%, length: 0,01-0,45
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions
quartz frequent, subangular - rounded, spherical - subelongate, white; clear, 0,05-0,45
mica very frequent, angular, spherical; very elongate, white; dark, 0,01-0,2
reddish inclusions frequent, angular - subrounded, spherical - subelongate, reddish brown, 0,02-0,4
black inclusions frequent, angular - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, black, 0,02-0,1
foraminifera frequent, rounded, sphercal - subspherical, white, 0,05-0,45
more inclusions1 singular, subangular, subspherical, black, glassy, 0,17
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