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PAE-REG-C-1

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type PAE-REG-C-1
ware Coarse Wares
ceramica comune grezza
supposed site of production Paestum region
visual excamination of fresh break strong brown, breaks irregulary,some grey, white and dark inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 7.5YR 5/6
texture of freshly broken surface irregular
hardness hard
porosity 15%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.05-0.75
inclusions 25%, length: 0.025-0.4
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz frequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, clear; white, 0.1-0.4
mica frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.025
calciumcarbonate singular, subangular, spherical, white, 0.1-0.3
carbonate pseudomorphoses infrequent, well rounded, subspherical, white, 0.16-0.3
black inclusions infrequent, well rounded, subspherical, black, 0.025-0.2
grey inclusions frequent, rounded - well rounded, spherical - subspherical, grey; dark rim, 0.25-0.3
more inclusions1 singular, angular, spherical, black; shining, 0.2
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