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BNAP-TS-2

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type BNAP-TS-2
ware Terra Sigillata
supposed site of production Italy
visual excamination of fresh break granular, fine black inclusions and mica sporadically visible
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 7.5YR7/6
texture of freshly broken surface irregular
hardness hard
porosity 2,5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,025-0,075
inclusions 10%, length: 0,025-0,075
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz singular, angular, spherical, clear, 0,025-0,675
mica singular, angular, spherical, white; dark, 0,025-0,05
carbonate pseudomorphoses riddled with, rounded, spherical, white, 0,025-0,075
reddish inclusions frequent, angular, subspherical, reddish brown, 0,025-0,375
black inclusions singular, angular, subspherical, black, 0,025-0, 375
more inclusions1 frequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0,25
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