MALTA-A-4, M 115/6, 25x
MALTA-A-4, M 115/6, 16x
MALTA-A-4, M 115/6, 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 (sandwich) reddish, grey, light grey, red, reddish grey, texture middle fine and compact, numerous fine to some large inclusions: white, yellowish, black, pseudomorphoses, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | light brownish grey 2.5 YR 6/2, pale yellow 2.5 YR 7/3, core pink 5 YR 7/4 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | granular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 7.5%; void form: vughy (0.04-0.6), channel (0.04-0.6); void length: 0.04-0.6 |
| inclusions | 30%, length: 0.04-1.2 |
| sorting | unsorted |
Inclusions |
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| mica | frequent, elongate, spherical, angular, white, <0.04-0.04 |
| calciumcarbonate | singular, well rounded, very spherical, white, yellowish, 0.04-0.4 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | riddled with, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, yellowish, <0.04->1.2 |
| reddish inclusions | frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, red, reddish brown, 0.04-0.06 |
| black inclusions | infrequent, subrounded, subspherical, elongate, angular, black, <0.04-0.6 |
| white inclusions | singular, rounded, elongate, white, 0.16 |
| foraminifera | very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical, very elongate, white, yellowish, 0.12-0.4 |
| more inclusions2 | frequent, subrounded - angular, subspherical, elongate - subelongate, yellowish white, 0.12-0.8 |
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