| fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
| fabric type | [no fabric code] |
|---|---|
| ware |
Coarse Wares ceramica comune grezza |
| supposed site of production | Paestum |
| certainty of arguments | archaeometric: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | brownish gray, granular; numerous fine white inclusions, mica |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | 5YR 5/2 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | granular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 7.5%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0.05-0.75 |
| inclusions | 20%, length: 0.025-1.25 |
| sorting | moderately sorted sand |
Inclusions |
|
| quartz | frequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, clear, white, 0.075-0.3 |
| mica | frequent, angular, spherical; very elongate, white; dark, 0.025-0.075 |
| calciumcarbonate | frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0.2-0.3 |
| reddish inclusions | infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, rust coloured, 0.25-1.25 |
| black inclusions | infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, black, 0.25-1.25 |
| more inclusions1 | infrequent, very angular, elongate, clear, 0.25-1.1 |
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