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BNAP-C-11

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type BNAP-C-11
ware Coarse Wares
supposed site of production Bay of Naples
certainty of arguments archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break reddish gray to gray, irregular; many fine black inclusions, few mid-sized to large white inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 5YR5/2-5YR5/1
texture of freshly broken surface irregular
hardness hard
porosity 10%; void form: channel; vughy; void length: 0,04-1,5
inclusions 15%, length: 0,02-0,6
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz frequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, clear; white, 0,08-0,4
mica frequent, angular, spherical - very elongate, white; dark, 0,02-0,04
grey inclusions frequent, subrounded, spherical - subelongate, dark grey, 0,08-0,6
brown inclusions infrequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, yellowish brown, 0,08-0,2
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