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CAMP-AT-1

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type CAMP-AT-1
ware Architectural Terracotta
supposed site of production Campania
certainty of arguments archaeometric: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break pink, soft, irregular; small to large dark and light coloured inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 7.5YR7/4
texture of freshly broken surface irregular
hardness soft
porosity 3%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,08-0,4
inclusions 8%, length: 0,2-1,2
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz very frequent, angular, spherical, clear, 0.2-0,4
mica frequent
reddish inclusions infrequent, rounded, elongate, rust coloured, 0,4
black inclusions very frequent, rounded, subelongate, black
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