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BNAP-TS-2

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type BNAP-TS-2
ware Terra Sigillata
Sigillata Puteolana
supposed site of production Bay of Naples
visual excamination of fresh break granular, fine black inclusions and mica sporadically visible
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 5YR6/6
texture of freshly broken surface irregular
hardness hard
porosity 7,5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,025-0,3
inclusions 10%, length: 0,025-0,25
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz singular, angular, subspherical, gray, 0,025-0,125
mica singular, angular, spherical, dark, 0,025
carbonate pseudomorphoses very frequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0,025-0,075
reddish inclusions frequent, angular, subspherical, light red; rust coloured, 0,025-0,125
black inclusions frequent, angular, spherical, black, 0,025-0,1
more inclusions1 infrequent, rounded, subspherical, yellowish white, 0,075-0,25
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