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PAE-G-3

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type PAE-G-3
ware Glazed Wares
supposed site of production Paestum
certainty of arguments archaeological: not certain
visual excamination of fresh break gray, granular; few white inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 5YR5/1
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0,04-0,4
inclusions 5%, length: 0,04-0,6
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz infrequent, angular, spherical, clear, 0,08-0,24
mica frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,04
calciumcarbonate infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0,08-0,2
carbonate pseudomorphoses very frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0,04-0,08
reddish inclusions infrequent, rounded, spherical, rust coloured, 0,08-0,2
grey inclusions frequent, subrounded, spherical - subelongate, grey, 0,04-0,16
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