| 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, core grey, texture middle fine and compact, numerous fine to large inclusions: yellowish, white, red, grey, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
light red 2.5 YR 6/8, core dark grey 2.5 YR 4/0 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
irregular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
5%; void form: vughy (0.04-1.6), channel (0.06-1.0); void length: 0.04-1.6 |
| inclusions |
12.5%, length: <0.04-1.4 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
singular, subangular, subspherical, clear, 0.24 |
|
mica |
riddled with, elongate, angular, spherical, white, <0.04-0.04 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
riddled with, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, yellowish, white, <0.04-0.6 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
frequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, yellowish, white, 0.08-0.6 |
|
reddish inclusions |
frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, red, reddish brown, 0.04-0.32 |
|
black inclusions |
infrequent, rounded - subangular, spherical, elongate, red, reddish brown, 0.04-0.2 |
|
grey inclusions |
singular, well rounded, very spherical, light grey, 1.2 |
|
foraminifera |
frequent, well rounded, rounded, very spherical, subspherical, very elongate, white, yellowish, 0.08-0.4 |
|
more inclusions2 |
very frequent, subangular - very angular, subspherical, subelongate, yellowish, yellowish white, red, 0.08-1.4 |
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