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BNAP-F-3

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type BNAP-F-3
ware Fine Wares
Ceramica a decorazione lineare
supposed site of production Bay of Naples
visual excamination of fresh break light brown, granular; some fine white inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 7.5YR6/4
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0,01-0,6
inclusions 2,5%, length: 0,01-1,15
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz frequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, clear, 0,05-1,15
mica very frequent, angular, spherical - very elongate, white; dark, 0,01-0,08
carbonate pseudomorphoses frequent, well rounded, spherical, white, 0,02-0,08
reddish inclusions infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, reddish brown, 0,02-0,15
black inclusions infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, black, 0,02-0,25
foraminifera infrequent, rounded, spherical - subelongate, white, 0,25-0,55
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