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PAE-G-3

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type PAE-G-3
ware Glazed Wares
supposed site of production Paestum
visual excamination of fresh break light reddish brown to reddish brown, granular fracture, some fine white inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 2.5YR 5/4 - 6/4
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0.05-0.5
inclusions 2.5%, length: 0.025-0.3
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz infrequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, white, 0.075-0.15
mica frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.025
calciumcarbonate infrequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0.25
carbonate pseudomorphoses infrequent, well rounded, spherical, white, 0.05-0.15
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