MALTA-A-1, M 115/13, 25x
MALTA-A-1, M 115/13, 16x
MALTA-A-1, M 115/13, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
| 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 light red, texture middle fine, numerous fine to large inclusions: white, yellowish, red, grey, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | etxterior pink 5 YR 7/4, core and interior light red 2.5 YR 6/8 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | irregular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 5%; void form: vughy (0.04-3.6), channel (0.06-2.0); void length: 0.04-3.6 |
| inclusions | 12.5%, length: <0.04-1.4 |
| sorting | unsorted |
Inclusions |
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| mica | very frequent, elongate, angular, spherical, white, <0.04-0.04 |
| calciumcarbonate | riddled with, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, yellowish, white, <0.04-0.6 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | very frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellowish, white, 0.04-0.4 |
| reddish inclusions | very frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.9 |
| black inclusions | frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.2 |
| white inclusions | singular, rounded, spherical, white, 0.32-0.4 |
| foraminifera | frequent, well rounded, very spherical, subspherical, very elongate, white, yellowish, 0.1-0.32 |
| more inclusions2 | frequent, subangular - very angular, subspherical,elongate - subelongate, yellowish white, red, 0.08-1.4 |
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