| 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 and light red, texture fine and compact, numerous fine to some large inclusions: white, grey, red/reddish brown, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
exterior light red 2.5 YR 6/6, interior and core light red 2.5 YR 6/8 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
regular |
| hardness |
very hard |
| porosity |
5%; void form: vughy (0.04-1.2), channel (0.08-0.6); void length: 0.04-1.2 |
| inclusions |
15%, length: 0.04-2.0 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
singular, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, white, grey, clear, 0.04-0,64 |
|
mica |
frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, dark, <0.04-0.04 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
riddled with, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, yellowish, 0.04-0.72 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
very frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, yellowish, 0.08-0.6 |
|
reddish inclusions |
very frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-1.4 |
|
black inclusions |
infrequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.8 |
|
foraminifera |
frequent, rounded, very spherical, very elongate, white, reddish, grey, 0.08-0.28 |
|
more inclusions2 |
frequent, rounded, angular, subspherical - subelongate, red, yellowish brown, 0.08-2.0 |
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