MALTA-A-5, M 115/16, 25x
MALTA-A-5, M 115/16, 16x
MALTA-A-5, M 115/16, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
| fabric type | MALTA-A-5 |
|---|---|
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Malta |
| certainty of arguments | archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour greenish white, texture coarse, infrequent fine to large inclusions: white, red, grey, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | light grey 5 YR 7/2 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | granular |
| hardness | soft |
| porosity | 12.5%; void form: vughy (0.04-1.6), channel (0.06-0.4); void length: 0.04-1.6 |
| inclusions | 10%, length: <0.04-1.8 |
| sorting | unsorted |
Inclusions |
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| mica | infrequent, angular, spherical, white, <0.04-0.04 |
| calciumcarbonate | very frequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0.04-0.12 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0.12-0.5 |
| reddish inclusions | infrequent, rounded, spherical, elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.12 |
| black inclusions | infrequent, rounded, spherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.06 |
| white inclusions | frequent, subangular - angular, subspherical - subelongate, white, greenish white, 0.08-1.8 |
| foraminifera | frequent, well rounded, subrounded, very spherical, subspherical, very elongate, white, 0.12-0.4 |
representative sample for MALTA-A-5 Cite this page as: FACEM - http://facem.at/malta-a-5
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