| fabric type |
MALTA-A-3
|
| fabric previously published as |
Impasto 59 |
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
Malta |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
colour pale reddish brown, texture coarse, numerous fine to large inclusions: white, grey, black, red/brown |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
reddish brown 2.5 YR 5/4 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
7.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.08-0.6 |
| inclusions |
15%, length: <0.04-2.4 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
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|
mica |
frequent, spherical, angular, elongate, white, dark, <0.04-0.06 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, angular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, yellowish white, 0.04-0.48 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
riddled with, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, black, 0.04-0.52 |
|
reddish inclusions |
very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, angular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.52 |
|
black inclusions |
very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, black, <0.04-0.6 |
|
grey inclusions |
singular, angular, subspherical, yellowish grey, 1.4 |
|
foraminifera |
very frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, very elongate, white, 0.12-0.88 |
|
more inclusions2 |
frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, black, 0.06-2.4 |
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