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PAE-REG-FT-4

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type PAE-REG-FT-4
ware Figural Terracotta
supposed site of production Paestum region
visual excamination of fresh break light brown, core gray, irregular fracture surface; numerous white and dark inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 7.5YR 6/4; core 7.5YR 6/1
texture of freshly broken surface irregular
hardness hard
porosity 7.5%; void form: channel; vughy; void length: 0.05-3
inclusions 7.5%, length: 0.025-0.8
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions
quartz frequent, angular, spherical, clear; white, 0.075-0.5
mica frequent, angular, spherical; very elongate, white; dark, 0.025-0.075
reddish inclusions infrequent, well rounded, spherical - subspherical, reddish brown, 0.075-1
black inclusions infrequent, rounded, spherical - subelongate, black, 0.075-0.25
grey inclusions singular, well rounded, subspherical, grey
more inclusions1 infrequent, very angular, subspherical - subelongate, clear, 0.2-0.25
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