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BNAP-TS-6

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type BNAP-TS-6
ware Terra Sigillata
supposed site of production Bay of Naples
visual excamination of fresh break yellowish red, irregular, some small white inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 5YR 5/6
texture of freshly broken surface irregular
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.025-0.5
inclusions 20%, length: 0.025-0.125
sorting poorly sorted silt
 

Inclusions

quartz infrequent, subrounded, subspherical, gray; clear, 0.025-0.125
mica frequent, angular, spherical, white; dark, 0.025-0.1
calciumcarbonate frequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0.025-0.2
carbonate pseudomorphoses frequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0.025-0.05
reddish inclusions infrequent, subrounded, spherical, rust coloured; reddish brown, 0.025-0.075
black inclusions frequent, angular, spherical; elongate, black, 0.025-0.125
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