MALTA-A-1, M 115/8, 25x
MALTA-A-1, M 115/8, 16x
MALTA-A-1, M 115/8, 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, core reddish grey, texture coarse, numerous fine to large inclusions: white, grey, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | light red 2.5 YR 6/8, core weak red 2.5 YR 5/2 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | granular |
| hardness | very hard |
| porosity | 10%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04-3.6 |
| inclusions | 25%, length: <0.04-1.2 |
| sorting | unsorted |
Inclusions |
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| mica | very frequent, angular, spherical, white, <0.04-0.04 |
| calciumcarbonate | riddled with, rounded - subrounded, very spherical subspherical, subelongate, white, <0.04-0.68 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | very frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - spherical, white, 0.04-0.6 |
| reddish inclusions | frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.88 |
| black inclusions | infrequent, subrounded, spherical - subspherical, elongate - very elongate, black, 0.04-0.32 |
| foraminifera | frequent, well rounded, subrounded, very spherical, subspherical, very elongate, white, grey, 0.08-0.52 |
| more inclusions2 | frequent, rounded - subrounded, angular, spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellowish brown, 0.04-1.2 |
| more inclusions3 | singular, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - spherical, yellowish, reddish, 0.08-0.24 |
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