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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 brown, core: very dark gray; many fine to mid-sized white incluions, some fine to very large dark inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 5YR4/4, core: 5YR3/1
texture of freshly broken surface irregular
hardness hard
porosity 15%; void form: channel; vughy; void length: 0,04-0,5
inclusions 15%, length: 0,02-1
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz frequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, clear; white, 0,04-0,5
mica frequent, angular, spherical - very elongate, white; dark, 0,02-0,04
calciumcarbonate infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0,08-0,25
black iron oxide concretions frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, black, 0,04-1
red iron oxide concretions infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, rusty brown, 0,04-0,3
black inclusions infrequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, black, glassy, 0,08-0,5
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