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BNAP-F-4

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type BNAP-F-4
ware Fine Wares
Ceramica a decorazione lineare
supposed site of production Bay of Naples
visual excamination of fresh break pink to gray, granular; no visible inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 5YR7/4
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: vughy; chambers; void length: 0,02-0,4
inclusions 2,5%, length: 0,01-0,12
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, gray, 0,05-0,12
mica very frequent, angular, spherical; very elongate, white; dark, 0,01-0,15
calciumcarbonate infrequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0,08-0,12
carbonate pseudomorphoses riddled with, rounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0,02-0,12
reddish inclusions infrequent, rounded - subangular, spherical - subspherical, reddish brown, 0,02-0,1
black inclusions infrequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical, black, 0,02-0,1
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