| fabric type |
MALTA-A-2
|
| fabric previously published as |
Impasto 64 |
| ware |
Transport Amphorae
|
| supposed site of production |
Malta |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
colour light red, core grey, texture middle fine and compact, numerous fine to some large inclusions: white, red, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
red 2.5 YR 5/8, core grey 7.5 YR 5/0 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
regular |
| hardness |
very hard |
| porosity |
5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04-3.2 |
| inclusions |
10%, length: <0.04-1 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
mica |
very frequent, angular, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.06 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - spherical, white, yellowish orange, 0.04-0.28 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
very frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, yellowish orange, 0.04-0.28 |
|
reddish inclusions |
very frequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, <0.04-0.2 |
|
black inclusions |
frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical subspherical, black, 0.04-1.0 |
|
white inclusions |
frequent, well rounded - angular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate - very elongate, white, yellowish, 0.12-0.68 |
|
foraminifera |
frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, yellowish, 0.12-0.24 |
|
more inclusions2 |
infrequent, rounded, subspherical, yellowish, 0.12-1.0 |
|
more inclusions3 |
singular, angular, spherical, grey, 0.72 |
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