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BNAP-TS-5

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type BNAP-TS-5
ware Terra Sigillata
Campanian Orange Ware
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) 7.5YR6/6
texture of freshly broken surface irregular
hardness hard
porosity 15%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.025-0.75
inclusions 20%, length: 0.025-0.175
sorting poorly sorted silt
 

Inclusions

quartz singular, angular, spherical, clear, 0,025-0,1
mica infrequent, angular, spherical, white; dark, 0,025-0,075
carbonate pseudomorphoses very frequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0,025-0,075
reddish inclusions singular, angular, spherical, reddish brown, 0,025-0,175
black inclusions frequent, angular, spherical, black, 0,025-0,125
more inclusions1 infrequent, rounded, subspherical, yellowish white, 0,25
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