MALTA-A-1, M 149/12, 25x
MALTA-A-1, M 149/12, 16x
MALTA-A-1, M 149/12, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
| 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 |
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| 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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