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VEL-G-2

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type VEL-G-2
ware Glazed Wares
supposed site of production Velia
certainty of arguments archaeometric: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break brown to grey, fine; some fine white inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 7.5YR5/6-10YR5/1
texture of freshly broken surface fine
hardness hard
porosity 3%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0.04-0.5
inclusions 2.5%, length: 0.02-0.2
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz infrequent, angular, spherical, clear; white, 0.04-0.16
mica infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.02-0.04
reddish inclusions infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, rust coloured, 0.04-0.08
black inclusions infrequent, rounded, spherical, black, 0.04
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