| fabric type |
MALTA-A-1
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
Malta |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
colour light red, texture middle fine, numerous fine to large inclusions: yellowish, white, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
light red 2.5 YR 6/8 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
5%; void form: vughy (0.06-1.0), channel (0.08-1.3); void length: 0.06-1.3 |
| inclusions |
15%, length: <0.04-1.5 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
mica |
riddled with, angular, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.04 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, rounded, spherical, elongate, white, yellowish white, 0.04-0.4 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
riddled with, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, yellowish white, 0.04-0.28 |
|
reddish inclusions |
very frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, reddish brown, red, <0.04-0.52 |
|
black inclusions |
singular, rounded, very angular, spherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.12 |
|
foraminifera |
frequent, well rounded, very spherical, subspherical, very elongate, white, yellowish, 0.12-0.28 |
|
more inclusions2 |
frequent, subrounded - very angular, very elongate - subelongate, subspherical, yellowish white, yellowish brown, reddish, 0.04-1.5 |
|
more inclusions3 |
singular, well rounded - angular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, grey, yellowish, 0.08-0.6 |
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