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PAE-G-5

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type PAE-G-5
ware Glazed Wares
black glaze ware
supposed site of production Paestum
visual excamination of fresh break reddish yellow, smooth fracture
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 5YR 6/6
texture of freshly broken surface smooth
hardness hard
porosity 2.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.025-0.5
inclusions 1%, length: 0.025-0.25
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

mica infrequent, angular, spherical; very elongate, white; dark, 0,025-0.12
calciumcarbonate infrequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0.05-0.25
carbonate pseudomorphoses riddled with, well rounded, spherical, white, 0.025
reddish inclusions infrequent, rounded, spherical, reddish brown, 0.05
black inclusions frequent, rounded, spherical, black, 0.025-0.075
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