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PAE-G-5

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type PAE-G-5
ware Glazed Wares
Paestan Red Figure
supposed site of production Paestum
visual excamination of fresh break reddish yellow, fine granular fracture, no visible inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 5YR 7/6
texture of freshly broken surface fine
hardness hard
porosity 1%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.025-0.12
inclusions 1%, length: 0.025-0.15
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions
quartz infrequent, angular, spherical, clear, 0.075-0.12
mica frequent, angular, very elongate, dark, 0.025-0.12
reddish inclusions infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, rust coloured, 0.075-0.12
black inclusions frequent, rounded; angular, spherical - subspherical, black, 0.025-0.12
white inclusions infrequent, well rounded, spherical, 0.2, 0.25
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