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MALTA-A-2

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type MALTA-A-2
ware Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production Malta
certainty of arguments archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break colour reddish brown, core grey, texture middle fine and compact, numerous fine to some large inclusions: white, grey, red
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) light brown 7,5 YR 6/3, core grey 10 YR 5/1
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 3.5%; void form: vughy (0.04-0.48), channel (0.12-0.4); void length: 0.04-0.48
inclusions 15%, length: <0.04-0.64
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

mica infrequent, elongate, angular, white, <0.04-0.04
calciumcarbonate very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, yellowish, 0.04-0.72
carbonate pseudomorphoses frequent, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, yellowish, 0.04-0.32
reddish inclusions frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.64
black inclusions frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.16
foraminifera very frequent, very spherical, subspherical, very elongate, white, yellowish, 0.12-0.48
more inclusions2 very frequent, well rounded - subangular, subspherical, elongate, subelongate - very elongate, white, grey, yellowish, 0.08-0.64
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