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PAE-G-5

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type PAE-G-5
ware Glazed Wares
supposed site of production Paestum
certainty of arguments archaeometric: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break pink, hackly; isolated small white inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 7.5YR7/4
texture of freshly broken surface hackly
hardness hard
porosity 2%; void form: channel; vughy; void length: 0,08-0,8
inclusions 1%, length: 4-0,2
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz infrequent, angular, elongate, clear, 0.08-0,12
mica infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,04
carbonate pseudomorphoses riddled with, rounded, spherical, white, 0,04
reddish inclusions infrequent, rounded, spherical, rust coloured, 0,04-0,08
grey inclusions infrequent, subrounded, spherical, grey, 0,04-0,08
white inclusions singular, rounded, very elongate, white, 0,4
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