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CAMP-C-3

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type CAMP-C-3
ware Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production Naples region
certainty of arguments archaeological: not certain
visual excamination of fresh break red, fine; many fine white, some larger reddish inclusions, mica
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 2.5YR5/6
texture of freshly broken surface laminated
hardness hard
porosity 15%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,08-0,4
inclusions 25%, length: 0,080
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz riddled with, angular, spherical, clear; white, 0.08-0,4
mica very frequent
reddish inclusions infrequent, rounded, subelongate, red, 0,32-1
black inclusions frequent, rounded, spherical, black
foraminifera very frequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0,08-0,4
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