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PAE-G-1

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type PAE-G-1
ware Glazed Wares
Partially Glazed Ware
supposed site of production Paestum
certainty of arguments archaeometric: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break reddish yellow, fine; few fine white inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 5YR6/8
texture of freshly broken surface fine
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0,04-0,4
inclusions 7,5%, length: 0,02-0,4
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions
quartz frequent, angular, spherical, white; clear, 0.08-0,4
mica frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,02-0,04
carbonate pseudomorphoses very frequent, well rounded, spherical, white, 0,04
foraminifera very frequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0,08-0,2
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