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BNAP-C-5

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type BNAP-C-5
ware Coarse Wares
supposed site of production Bay of Naples
certainty of arguments archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break light reddish brown, granular; some fine to mid-sized white and dark inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 5YR6/4
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0,01-0,5
inclusions 10%, length: 0,01-0,55
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz frequent, angular - subrounded, spherical - subelongate, clear; gray, 0,02-0,55
mica frequent, angular, subelongate, white, 0,01-0,02
carbonate pseudomorphoses frequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0,01-0,02
reddish inclusions frequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, reddish brown, 0,05-0,37
black inclusions frequent, angular - subrounded, spherical - subelongate, black, 0,02-0,47
white inclusions singular, angular, spherical, white, 0,37
more inclusions1 singular, angular, subspherical, black, glassy, 0,5
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