MALTA-A-4, M 115/11, 25x
MALTA-A-4, M 115/11, 16x
MALTA-A-4, M 115/11, 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 exterior and interior light red, core brownish grey, texture coarse, numerous fine to large inclusions: white, yellowish, red, pseudomorphoses, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | exterior and interior light red 2.5 YR 6/8, core grey 10 YR 5/1 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | granular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 5%; void form: vughy (0.04-1.0), channel (0.08-1.0); void length: 0.04-1.0 |
| inclusions | 25%, length: <0.04-2.0 |
| sorting | unsorted |
Inclusions |
|
| mica | infrequent, spherical, angular, elongate, white, <0.04-0.06 |
| calciumcarbonate | riddled with, rounded - subrounded, angular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, yellowish white, 0.04-2.0 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | riddled with, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongtate - very elongate, white, yellowish white, 0.04-1.24 |
| reddish inclusions | infrequent, rounded - subrounded, subspherical, elongate, red, reddish brown, 0.08-0.25 |
| foraminifera | frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, 0.12-0.4 |
| more inclusions2 | infrequent, angular, subspherical, red, 0.32-1.4 |
Cite this page as: FACEM - http://facem.at/m-115-11
production
sampling
