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NA-REG-CBM-3

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type NA-REG-CBM-3
ware Ceramic Building Materials
supposed site of production Naples region
certainty of arguments archaeometric: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break pink, irregular; gray, brown, red and few white inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 7.5YR7/4
texture of freshly broken surface irregular
hardness hard
porosity 8%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,2-0,6
inclusions 35%, length: 0,12-3,2
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz singular, rounded, elongate, white, 0.2-0,4
mica infrequent
reddish inclusions frequent, rounded, spherical, rust coloured, 0,12-1
grey inclusions very frequent, angular, spherical, light grey, 0,32-3,2
brown inclusions very frequent, angular, spherical, lighrt brown, 0,4-3,2
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