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VEL-G-1

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type VEL-G-1
ware Glazed Wares
supposed site of production Velia
certainty of arguments archaeometric: certain
visual excamination of fresh break reddish yellow, fine; some mica
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 5YR6/8
texture of freshly broken surface fine
hardness hard
porosity 2.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.04-0.12
inclusions 1%, length: 0.02-0.32
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz infrequent, angular, subspherical, clear, 0.32
mica frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.02-0.04
black inclusions infrequent, rounded, spherical, black, 0.04
white inclusions infrequent, rounded, spherical, 0.04
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