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BNAP-G-4

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type BNAP-G-4
ware Glazed Wares
supposed site of production Bay of Naples
certainty of arguments archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break pale brown to light yellowish brown, granular; riddled with very fine white inclusions, some fine dark inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 10YR6/4-7/4
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 2,5-5%; void form: vughy; chambers; void length: 0,02-0,5
inclusions 5%, length: 0,01-0,5
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz frequent, angular - subrounded, spherical - elongate, clear; gray, 0,05-0,5
mica very frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,01
calciumcarbonate infrequent, rounded, spherical, white; yellow core, 0,05-0,1
carbonate pseudomorphoses riddled with, rounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0,02-0,1
reddish inclusions infrequent, ounded - subrounded, spherical - subelongate, reddish brown, 0,01-0,1
black inclusions frequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subelongate, black, 0,02-0,2
foraminifera frequent
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