MALTA-C-2

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	MALTA-C-2
ware	Coarse Wares Local Painted
supposed site of production	Malta
certainty of arguments	archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break	colour red, core greyish brown, texture coarse, numerous fine to large inclusions: yellowish, white, grey, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	light red 2.5 YR 6/8, core brown 7.5 YR 5/2
texture of freshly broken surface	irregular
hardness	hard
porosity	7.5%; void form: vughy (0.04-2.8), channel (0.06-1.0); void length: 0.04-2.8
inclusions	15%, length: <0.04-1.6
sorting	unsorted
	Inclusions
mica	frequent, angular, elongate, spherical, white, <0.04
calciumcarbonate	frequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellowish white, white, 0.04-1.2
carbonate pseudomorphoses	riddled with, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, 0.04-0.32
reddish inclusions	frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.4
black inclusions	infrequent, rounded, angular, spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.24
grey inclusions	singular, subelongate, grey, 0.16
white inclusions	singular, rounded, subspherical, yellowish white, 1.6
foraminifera	very frequent, well rounded, rounded, very spherical, subspherical, very elongate, white, yellowish, 0.12-0.4
more inclusions2	very frequent, rounded, subangular - very angular, subspherical - subelongate, yellowish brown, reddish brown, white, grey, 0.08-1.0

vessel form type	Basin carinated basin
fragmentation	rim – rim, body
surface description	coarse in- and exterior: very pale brown slip 10 YR 8/3, reddish brown painting 2.5 YR 5/4
drawing
	Context Data
site of discovery	Malta Zejtun
registration code of context	ZTN 06/548
registration code of object	ZTN 06/548-1
chronology of context	400-300 B.C.E.
changes of previously edited data	The fabric description of the fresh break has been substituted by a new one. The macrophotos of the present sample have been substituted by new ones.

sample taken	2009, by Babette Bechtold, Department of Classics and Archaeology, University of Malta
sample no	M 115/3

Cite this page as: FACEM - http://facem.at/m-115-3

Distribution of fabric type
“MALTA-C-2”

Malta Malta Malta Malta Malta Malta Malta Malta Malta Malta Malta Malta Malta Malta Malta Malta Malta Malta

production sampling

Representative sample for
“MALTA-C-2”

M 114/4

There are 8 more samples assigned to fabric type
“MALTA-C-2”.

Fabrics of Malta: Systematic fabric studies on Maltese pottery have a relatively short history. In 2000 B. Bruno and C. Capelli published a first paper dealing with three fabrics, identified, on the basis of archaeometric analyses, among two amphorae types of the Late Republican and Early Imperial period.

Anfore e ceramica acroma dall'avamposto militare di Monte Turcisi (CT). Uno studio preliminare sulle provenienze: Introduzione Il modesto rilievo collinare alto 303 m, denominato ?Monte Turcisi?, si trova al confine settentrionale della Piana di Catania e ricade oggi nel comune di Castel Di Iudica, in provincia della città etnea. Le strutture di interesse archeologico su di esso affiornati riguardano principalmente i resti relatvi ad una fortezza militare di epoca greca e di un eremo del XVII sec. d.C.

Inclusions

Context Data