MALTA-A-4, M 105/1, 25x
MALTA-A-4, M 105/1, 16x
MALTA-A-4, M 105/1, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
| 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 grey, core light red, texture middle fine, numerous fine to large inclusions: white, red, black, pseudomorphoses, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | light grey 10 YR 7/2, core pink 7.5 YR 8/3 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | granular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 5%; void form: vughy (0.04-1.4), channel (0.06-0.6); void length: 0.04-1.4 |
| inclusions | 30%, length: <0.04-5.6 |
| sorting | unsorted |
Inclusions |
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| mica | frequent, elongate, angular, spherical, white, <0.04 |
| calciumcarbonate | riddled with, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, yellowish white, <0.04-0.08 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | riddled with, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, 0.04-0.68 |
| reddish inclusions | very frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.5 |
| black inclusions | infrequent, rounded, subangular- angular, very spherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.2 |
| white inclusions | infrequent, well rounded - subangular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, yellowish, grey, clear, 0.08-0.24 |
| foraminifera | very frequent, well rounded, rounded, very spherical, subspherical, very elongate, white, reddish, 0.08-0.4 |
| more inclusions2 | frequent, angular, subelongate, white, yellowish white, 0.12-2.0 |
| more inclusions3 | singular, very elongate, red, 2.2->5.6 |
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