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BNAP-C-7

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type BNAP-C-7
ware Coarse Wares
supposed site of production Bay of Naples
certainty of arguments archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break light reddish brown, granular; some fine white and dark inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 5YR6/4
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 10%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,01-0,3
inclusions 12,5%, length: 0,01-0,35
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz infrequent, angular, subelongate, clear, 0,25-0,35
mica frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,01-0,15
calciumcarbonate frequent, subangular - rounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0,01-0,3
carbonate pseudomorphoses infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0,01-0,02
reddish inclusions frequent, subangular - subrounded, spherical - elongate, reddish brown, 0,07-0,35
black inclusions frequent, subangular - rounded, spherical - subelongate, black, 0,05-0,25
more inclusions1 infrequent, angular, subspherical - subelongate, black, glassy, 0,12-0,25
more inclusions2 infrequent, subrounded, subelongate - subspherical, orange, 0,07-0,2
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