| 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
|
|
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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