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BNAP-F-2

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type BNAP-F-2
ware Fine Wares
Ceramica a decorazione lineare
supposed site of production Bay of Naples
visual excamination of fresh break light brown, granular; some small white and dark inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 7.5YR6/4
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 2,5%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0,02-0,8
inclusions 7,5%, length: 0,01-1
sorting bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt
 

Inclusions

mica frequent, angular, spherical; very elongate, white: dark, 0,01-0,15
reddish inclusions infrequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, reddish brown, 0,05-1
black inclusions infrequent, rounded - angular, spherical - subspherical, black, 0,02-0,18
white inclusions very frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0,05-0,18
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