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VEL-C-5

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type VEL-C-5
ware Coarse Wares
supposed site of production Velia
certainty of arguments archaeological: not certain
visual excamination of fresh break brown, irregular; some large white and red inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 7.5YR4/4
texture of freshly broken surface irregular
hardness hard
porosity 7.5%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0.04-0.4
inclusions 20%, length: 0.02-1.2
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz very frequent, angular, spherical, white; clear, 0.08-0.8
mica infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.02-0.04
carbonate pseudomorphoses infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0.08-0.5
reddish inclusions infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, rust coloured, 0.08-0.6
grey inclusions infrequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, dark grey, 0.08-0.4
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