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 |
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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 |