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PAE-G-1

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type PAE-G-1
ware Glazed Wares
Partially Glazed Ware
supposed site of production Paestum
certainty of arguments archaeometric: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break yellowish red, core: gray, fine; some mica
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 5YR5/8, core: 7.5YRN5
texture of freshly broken surface fine
hardness very hard
porosity 7.5%; void form: channel; chambers; void length: 0,04-0,5
inclusions 2,5%, length: 0,02-0,24
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions
quartz frequent, angular, spherical, white; clear, 0,04-0,2
mica frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,02-0,04
carbonate pseudomorphoses very frequent, well rounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0,04-0,16
reddish inclusions singular, rounded, spherical, red, 0,08-0,2
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