BNAP-C-8

BNAP-C-8, M 136/15, 25x

BNAP-C-8, M 136/15, 16x

BNAP-C-8, M 136/15, 8x

object data

fabric description

archaeometry

sample no	M 136/15
fabric type	BNAP-C-8
supposed site of production	Bay of Naples
sample taken	2010, by Daniela Giampaola, Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei
	Context Data
site of discovery	Naples Napoli, Piazza Nicola d' Amore
registration code of context	US 2476A
	Object
ware	Coarse Wares
fragmentation	wall
surface description	coarse

	Visual Examination of Fresh Break
visual examination of fresh break	light brown, granular; some fine white and fine to mid-sized dark inclusions
colour of fresh break	7.5YR7/4
texture of fresh break	granular
hardness	hard
	Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope (all lengths in mm)
porosity	7.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.04-0.4
inclusions	10%, length: 0.02-0.6
sorting	unsorted
	Inclusions (all lengths in mm)
black inclusions	infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, black, 0.1-0.5
brown inclusions	singular, rounded, subspherical, dark brown, glassy, 0.6
carbonate pseudomorphoses	riddled with, well rounded, spherical, white, 0.02-0.12
foraminifera	infrequent, well rounded, spherical, white, 0.1-0.2
mica	frequent, angular, spherical; very elongate, white; dark, 0.01-0.08
reddish inclusions	infrequent, angular, subspherical, rust coloured, 0.08-0.12

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Distribution of fabric type
“BNAP-C-8”

Cuma / Cumae Naples Bay of Naples Bay of Naples

production discovery

Representative sample for
“BNAP-C-8”

M 20/13

There are 1 more sample assigned to fabric type
“BNAP-C-8”.

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Context Data

Object

Visual Examination of Fresh Break

Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope (all lengths in mm)

Inclusions (all lengths in mm)

Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)

Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)