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BNAP-A-7

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type BNAP-A-7
ware Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production Bay of Naples
visual excamination of fresh break reddish yellow; granular; some fine dark inclusions, few fine to medium-sized white particles
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 5YR6/6
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 7.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.025-0.625
inclusions 10%, length: 0.025-0.375
sorting moderately sorted sand
 

Inclusions
quartz frequent, subangular, subspherical, clear; gray, 0.025-0.3
mica infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.025-0.25
calciumcarbonate riddled with, rounded, spherical, white; yellowish white, 0.025-0.625
carbonate pseudomorphoses very frequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0.025-0.075
reddish inclusions infrequent, subangular, subspherical, reddish brown, 0.025-0.25
black inclusions frequent, subangular, subspherical, black, 0.025-0.375
more inclusions1 infrequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0.025-0.5
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