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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 reddish yellow, fine
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 7.5YR6/6
texture of freshly broken surface fine
hardness hard
porosity 1%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,04-0,12
inclusions 2,5%, length: 0,02-0,24
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions
quartz infrequent, angular, spherical, white; clear, 0.08-0,2
mica angular, spherical, white, 0,02-0,04
carbonate pseudomorphoses frequent, well rounded, spherical, white, 0,04-0,06
black iron oxide concretions frequent, angular, spherical, black, 0,04-0,08
red iron oxide concretions infrequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, reddish brown, 0,08-0,2
grey inclusions infrequent, rounded, spherical, dark grey, 0,12
white inclusions infrequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0,08-0,25
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