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 light red, core light brownish grey, texture coarse, numerous fine to large inclusions: white, grey, red, voids |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
light red 2.5 YR 6/6, core pinkish grey 7.5 YR 6/2 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
irregular |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
7.5%; void form: vughy (0.04-1.2), channel (0.06-1.6); void length: 0.04-1.6 |
inclusions |
20%, length: <0,04-1.8 |
sorting |
unsorted |
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Inclusions
|
mica |
frequent, elongate, spherical, angular, white, <0.04-0.04 |
calciumcarbonate |
very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellowish, white, <0.04-0.8 |
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
riddled with, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, yellowish, white, 0.04-0.4 |
reddish inclusions |
very frequent, well rounded- subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, subelongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-1.2 |
black inclusions |
very frequent, rounded - subangular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.2 |
white inclusions |
frequent, very angular - subangular, rounded, elongate - very elongate, very spherical - subspherical, white, 0.08-0.8 |
foraminifera |
very frequent, well rounded, rounded, very spherical, subspherical, very elongate, white, yellowish, 0.12-0.4 |
more inclusions2 |
very frequent, subangular - very angular, subspherical, elongate - subelongate, yellowish white, red, grey, 0.08-1.8 |