MALTA-A-2, M 113/7, 25x
MALTA-A-2, M 113/7, 16x
MALTA-A-2, M 113/7, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
| fabric type | MALTA-A-2 |
|---|---|
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Malta |
| certainty of arguments | archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour grey and brown sandwich, texture coarse, numerous fine to large inclusions: grey, red, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | grey 7.5 YR 5/0, pink 7.5 YR 7/3, core grey 7.5 YR 5/0 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | granular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 7.5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04-1.2 |
| inclusions | 15%, length: <0.04-2.0 |
| sorting | unsorted |
Inclusions |
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| mica | frequent, angular, spherical, white, <0.04-0.04 |
| calciumcarbonate | riddled with, rounded - subrounded, angular, spherical - subspherical, yellowish white, 0.04-0.68 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | very frequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, yellowish orange, 0.08-0.28 |
| reddish inclusions | frequent, well rounded, angular, very spherical - subspherical, reddish brown, 0.04-0.8 |
| black inclusions | infrequent, subangular - angular, subspherical, black, 0.04-0.56 |
| grey inclusions | infrequent, very angular, subspherical, elongate, grey, 0.28-2.0 |
| foraminifera | infrequent, well rounded, subrounded, very spherical, spherical, very elongate, white, yellowish white, 0.16-0.48 |
| more inclusions2 | very frequent, well rounded - subangular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate - very elongate, white, grey, 0.08-1.88 |
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