MALTA-A-1, M 115/5, 25x
MALTA-A-1, M 115/5, 16x
MALTA-A-1, M 115/5, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
| fabric type | MALTA-A-1 |
|---|---|
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Malta |
| certainty of arguments | archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour red and light red, texture fine and compact, numerous fine to some large inclusions: white, grey, red/reddish brown, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | exterior light red 2.5 YR 6/6, interior and core light red 2.5 YR 6/8 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | regular |
| hardness | very hard |
| porosity | 5%; void form: vughy (0.04-1.2), channel (0.08-0.6); void length: 0.04-1.2 |
| inclusions | 15%, length: 0.04-2.0 |
| sorting | unsorted |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | singular, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, white, grey, clear, 0.04-0,64 |
| mica | frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, dark, <0.04-0.04 |
| calciumcarbonate | riddled with, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, yellowish, 0.04-0.72 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | very frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, yellowish, 0.08-0.6 |
| reddish inclusions | very frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-1.4 |
| black inclusions | infrequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.8 |
| foraminifera | frequent, rounded, very spherical, very elongate, white, reddish, grey, 0.08-0.28 |
| more inclusions2 | frequent, rounded, angular, subspherical - subelongate, red, yellowish brown, 0.08-2.0 |
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