| fabric type |
MALTA-A-1
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
Malta |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
colour red, texture middle fine, numerous fine to large inclusions: white, grey, red, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
light red 2.5 YR 6/8 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
irregular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
5%; void form: vughy (0.04-4.0), channel (0.08-0.8); void length: 0.04-4.0 |
| inclusions |
12.5%, length: <0.04-3.0 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
mica |
very frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, <0.04-0.06 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
riddled with, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, yellowish, 0.04-0.68 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
very frequent, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, yellowish, 0.04-0.4 |
|
reddish inclusions |
frequent, subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, very elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-1.08 |
|
black inclusions |
infrequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.08 |
|
white inclusions |
singular, well rounded, very spherical, white, yellowish, 0.08-0.12 |
|
foraminifera |
very frequent, rounded, very spherical, subspherical, very elongate, white, yellowish, 0,1-0.8 |
|
more inclusions2 |
infrequent, angular - very angular, subelongate, yellowish white, 0.08-3.0 |
|
more inclusions3 |
frequent, angular - subrounded, subspherical, elongate, red, reddish brown and white, 1.2-2.4 |
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