MALTA-A-3, M 119/228, 25x
MALTA-A-3, M 119/228, 16x
MALTA-A-3, M 119/228, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
| fabric type | MALTA-A-3 |
|---|---|
| fabric previously published as | Impasto 59 |
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Malta |
| certainty of arguments | archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour pale reddish brown, texture coarse, numerous fine to large inclusions: white, grey, black, red/brown |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | reddish brown 2.5 YR 5/4 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | granular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 7.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.08-0.6 |
| inclusions | 15%, length: <0.04-2.4 |
| sorting | unsorted |
Inclusions |
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| mica | frequent, spherical, angular, elongate, white, dark, <0.04-0.06 |
| calciumcarbonate | very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, angular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, yellowish white, 0.04-0.48 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | riddled with, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, black, 0.04-0.52 |
| reddish inclusions | very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, angular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.52 |
| black inclusions | very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, black, <0.04-0.6 |
| grey inclusions | singular, angular, subspherical, yellowish grey, 1.4 |
| foraminifera | very frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, very elongate, white, 0.12-0.88 |
| more inclusions2 | frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, black, 0.06-2.4 |
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