| fabric type |
MALTA-A-4
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
Malta |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
colour light red, core light grey, texture coarse, numerous fine to large inclusions: white, red, pseudomorphoses, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
exterior and interior light red 2.5 YR 6/6, core light brownish grey 10 YR 6/2 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
10%; void form: vughy (0.04-4.8), channel (0.04-1.0); void length: 0.04-4.8 |
| inclusions |
25%, length: <0.04-2.0 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
mica |
infrequent, angular, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.04 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
riddled with, well rounded - subrounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical,, yellowish white, white, <0.04-0.8 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
riddled with, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellowish white, 0.04-2.0 |
|
reddish inclusions |
very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.6 |
|
black inclusions |
frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, black, <0.04-0.4 |
|
grey inclusions |
frequent, subrounded, subangular - very angular, subspherical - subelongate, light grey, reddish, brownish, 0.08-2.0 |
|
more inclusions1 |
very frequent, well rounded, very spherical, subspherical, very elongate, white, yellowish, 0.08-0.4 |
representative sample for MALTA-A-4 
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