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PAE-G-6

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type PAE-G-6
ware Glazed Wares
supposed site of production Paestum
certainty of arguments archaeometric: not certain
visual excamination of fresh break brown, granular; scattered fine white, dark and white inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 7.5YR5/4
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0,04-0,28
inclusions 2,5%, length: 0,02-0,36
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

mica infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,02-0,04
calciumcarbonate infrequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0,04-0,36
carbonate pseudomorphoses riddled with, well rounded, spherical, white, 0,04
black inclusions frequent, angular, spherical, black, 0,04-0,08
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