| 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 pale brown and grey, texture middle fine and compact, numerous fine to large inclusions, white, red, grey |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
pink 7.5 YR 7/3, core grey 5 YR 6/1 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
| hardness |
very hard |
| porosity |
2.5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.08-1.68 |
| inclusions |
12.5%, length: <0.04-1.2 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
mica |
frequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, 0.04-0.64 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, 0.08-0.88 |
|
reddish inclusions |
frequent, well rounded - rounded, subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, reddish brown, 0.04-1.2 |
|
black inclusions |
frequent, well rounded, angular, very spherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.28 |
|
foraminifera |
infrequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical, white, 0.36-1.0 |
|
more inclusions2 |
frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, red, 0.16-0.72 |
|
more inclusions3 |
very frequent, well rounded - subangular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - very elongate, white, grey, clear, 0.06-0.8 |
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