MALTA-A-3, M 119/39, 25x
MALTA-A-3, M 119/39, 16x
MALTA-A-3, M 119/39, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
| fabric type | MALTA-A-3 |
|---|---|
| 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, numerous fine inclusions: white, yellowish, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | light brown 7.5 YR 6/4, core dark grey 7.5 YR 4/0 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | irregular |
| hardness | very hard |
| porosity | 10%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04-1 |
| inclusions | 7.5%, length: <0.04-0.8 |
| sorting | unsorted |
Inclusions |
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| mica | frequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.04 |
| calciumcarbonate | infrequent, well rounded - rounded, subspherical, subelongate, very elongate, white, yellowish, 0.04-0.8 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspheriacal, white, yellowish, 0.12-0.4 |
| reddish inclusions | frequent, well rounded, very spherical, elongate, very elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.4 |
| black inclusions | very frequent, well rounded, very spherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.2 |
| grey inclusions | singular, subrounded, elongate, grey, 0.52 |
| foraminifera | frequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, yellowish, reddish, 0.24-0.32 |
representative sample for MALTA-A-3 Cite this page as: FACEM - http://facem.at/malta-a-3
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