MALTA-A-1, M 149/8, 25x
MALTA-A-1, M 149/8, 16x
MALTA-A-1, M 149/8, 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, core dark grey, texture coarse, numerous fine to large inclusions: yellowish, white, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | light red 2.5 YR 6/8, core dark grey 5 YR 4/1 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | granular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 5%; void form: vughy (0.04-1.6), channel (0.08-1.0); void length: 0.04-1.6 |
| inclusions | 20%, length: 0.04-1.6 |
| sorting | unsorted |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | singular, rounded, spherical, yellowish, 0.4-1.0 |
| mica | frequent, spherical, angular, elongate, white, <0.04-0.08 |
| calciumcarbonate | infrequent, rounded - angular, spherical - subspherrical, white, yellowish, 0.08-0.6 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | riddled with, very spherical - well rounded, subspherical, yellowish, white, white and reddish, 0.04-1.0 |
| reddish inclusions | frequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, spherical-angular, reddish brown, red, <0.04-0.32 |
| black inclusions | infrequent, rounded, sherical, subangular, black, 0.08-0.68 |
| white inclusions | infrequent, rounded - very angular, spherical - subspherical, white, 0.08-0.6 |
| foraminifera | frequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, yellowish, 0.16-0.4 |
| more inclusions2 | very frequent, very angular - subrounde, subspherical - subelongate, yellowish brown, yellowish white, reddish, 0.08-1.6 |
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