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PAE-G-5

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type PAE-G-5
ware Glazed Wares
supposed site of production Paestum
certainty of arguments archaeometric: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break reddish yellow; fine, dark inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 5YR6/6
texture of freshly broken surface fine
hardness hard
porosity 3%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0,04-0,8
inclusions 3%, length: 0,04-0,5
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,08
mica infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,02-0,04
carbonate pseudomorphoses riddled with, rounded, spherical, white, 0,04-0,06
reddish inclusions frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, rust coloured, 0,08-0,5
black inclusions frequent, rounded, spherical, black, 0,04-0,2
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