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BNAP-G-3

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type BNAP-G-3
ware Glazed Wares
Campana A
supposed site of production Bay of Naples
certainty of arguments archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break strong brown, fine
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 7.5YR5/6
texture of freshly broken surface fine
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: chambers; vughy; void length: 0,02-0,2
inclusions 7,5%, length: 0,01-0,25
sorting bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt
 

Inclusions

quartz infrequent, subrounded, subspherical, clear, 0,02-0,17
mica frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,01-0,07
calciumcarbonate infrequent, subangular, subspherical, white, 0,12-0,2
carbonate pseudomorphoses very frequent, well rounded, spherical, white, 0,01-0,05
black inclusions infrequent, angular - rounded, subelongate - spherical, black, 0,05-0,17
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