MALTA-A-3, M 119/229, 25x
MALTA-A-3, M 119/229, 16x
MALTA-A-3, M 119/229, 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 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 |
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| 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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