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BNAP-TS-4

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type BNAP-TS-4
ware Terra Sigillata
supposed site of production Italy
visual excamination of fresh break granular, no visible inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 7.5YR6/6
texture of freshly broken surface irregular
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,025-0,125
inclusions 7,5%, length: 0,025-0,15
sorting poorly sorted silt
 

Inclusions

quartz singular, angular, spherical, clear, 0,025-0,15
mica singular, angular, spherical, white; dark, 0,025-0,075
carbonate pseudomorphoses riddled with, rounded, spherical, white, 0,025-0,075
reddish inclusions infrequent, angular, subspherical, reddish brown; light red, 0,025-0,075
black inclusions singular, angular, spherical, black, 0,025-0,075
more inclusions1 infrequent, rounded, spherical, yellowish white, 0,15
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