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PAE-G-5

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type PAE-G-5
ware Glazed Wares
supposed site of production Paestum
certainty of arguments archaeometric: quite certain, archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break reddish yellow, granular; some fine white inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 7.5YR6/6
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,04-0,6
inclusions 2,5%, length: 0,02-0,2
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz singular, angular, spherical, clear, 0,08
mica infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,02-0,04
calciumcarbonate infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0,08-0,12
carbonate pseudomorphoses riddled with, rounded, spherical, white, 0,02-0,04
grey inclusions frequent, rounded, spherical - subelongate, grey, 0,04-0,2
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