| 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 brown, core light grey, texture middle fine, numerous fine inclusions: white, reddish, mica, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
pink 5 YR 7/4, core light grey 5 YR 7/1 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
7.5%; void form: vughy (0.04-3.6), channel (0.06-1.2); void length: 0.04-3.6 |
| inclusions |
12.5%, length: 0.04-0.88 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
mica |
frequent, spherical, angular, elongate, white, dark, <0.04-0.06 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, rounded - subrounded, angular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, yellowish white, 0.04-0.68 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
very frequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, 0.08-0.8 |
|
reddish inclusions |
very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.88 |
|
black inclusions |
infrequent, spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.08 |
|
foraminifera |
infrequent, well rounded , rounded, very spherical, white, reddish, 0.2-0.28 |
|
more inclusions2 |
singular, angular, subspherical, yellowish, 0.6 |
|
more inclusions3 |
infrequent, well rounded - subangular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, grey, 0.06-0.24 |
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