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NE-SARD-C-2

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type NE-SARD-C-2
ware Coarse Wares
supposed site of production Olbia
visual excamination of fresh break yellowish red, core: gray, ganular; many fine to large white inclusions, some large dark inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 5YR6/6, core: 5YR5/1
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 7,5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,06-0,6
inclusions 20%, length: 0,03-1,8
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz very frequent, angular, spherical, white; clear, 0,06-2
mica frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,03-0,2
black inclusions frequent, angular, spherical, black, 0,06-0,6
white inclusions infrequent, subrounded, subspherical, white, 0,6
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