ION-ADR-A-9

ION-ADR-A-9, M 105/2, 25x

ION-ADR-A-9, M 105/2, 16x

ION-ADR-A-9, M 105/2, 8x

object data

fabric description

archaeometry

sample no	M 105/2
fabric type	ION-ADR-A-9
supposed site of production	Ionic-Adriatic region
sample taken	2009, by Babette Bechtold, Department of Classics and Archaeology, University of Malta
	Context Data
site of discovery	Malta Malta Survey Projekt
registration code of context	MSP 2008/I/B118/P06
registration code of object	MSP2008/I/B118/P06-1
	Object
ware	Transport Amphorae
object form	Amphora
object type	undiagnostic
chronology of object	undatable
fragmentation	wall
surface description	smoothed very pale brown, 10 YR 8/3

	Visual Examination of Fresh Break
visual examination of fresh break	colour pale brown with reddish strings, texture fine and compact, numerous fine and infrequent large inclusions: red, white, mica, voids
colour of fresh break	pink 7.5 YR 7/4, light red 2.5 YR 6/6
texture of fresh break	granular
hardness	hard
	Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope (all lengths in mm)
porosity	3.0%; void form: vughy (0.12-2.8), channel (0.24-5.2); void length: 0.12-5.2
inclusions	12.5%, length: <0.04-8.6
sorting	unsorted
	Inclusions (all lengths in mm)
black inclusions	very frequent, subrounded, spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.4
calciumcarbonate	frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, elongate, white, 0.04-0.48
carbonate pseudomorphoses	infrequent, spherical - subspherical, very elongate, white, 0.12-8.6
mica	frequent, spherical, angular, elongate, white, dark, <0.04-0.12
quartz	very frequent, rounded - angular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, grey, white, clear, reddish, 0.04-0.6
reddish inclusions	very frequent, well rounded - subangular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-1.2

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Distribution of fabric type
“ION-ADR-A-9”

Apollonia Malta Pantelleria

production discovery

Representative sample for
“ION-ADR-A-9”

M 93/9

There are 2 more samples assigned to fabric type
“ION-ADR-A-9”.

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Context Data

Object

Visual Examination of Fresh Break

Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope (all lengths in mm)

Inclusions (all lengths in mm)

Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)

Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)