MALTA-A-1, M 119/239, scale bar 0.5mm
MALTA-A-1, M 119/239, 25x
MALTA-A-1, M 119/239, 16x
MALTA-A-1, M 119/239, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry | petrography |
| fabric type | MALTA-A-1 |
|---|---|
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Malta |
| certainty of arguments | archaeometric: quite certain, archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour light red, core grey, texture fine and compact, numerous small to large inclusions: white, grey, dark grey, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | light red 10 R 6/8, core dark reddish grey 10 R 4/1 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | smooth |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-1.1 (vughy), 0.4 (channel) |
| inclusions | 10%, length: <0.04-0.8 |
| sorting | unsorted |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | singular, subangular - angular, subspherical, elongate, clear, 0.12-0.8 |
| mica | infrequent, spherical, elongate, dark, <0.04-0.1 |
| calciumcarbonate | frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elonagte - subelongate, yellowish white, 0.04-0.5 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | frequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellowish - white, grey, dark grey, 0.04-0.6 |
| reddish inclusions | singular, well rounded - subrounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, reddish brown, 0.08-0.4 |
| black inclusions | infrequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.16 |
| grey inclusions | frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, dark grey, grey, 0.04-0.5 |
| brown inclusions | frequent, rounded - subrounded, subangular, subspherical, red, light brown, 0.08-0.8 |
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