MALTA-A-2, M 119/34, scale bar 0.5mm
MALTA-A-2, M 119/34, 25x
MALTA-A-2, M 119/34, 16x
MALTA-A-2, M 119/34, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry | petrography |
| fabric type | MALTA-A-2 |
|---|---|
| fabric previously published as | Impasto 64 |
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Malta |
| certainty of arguments | archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour red, core grey, texture fine and compact, numerous fine inclusions: white, red, voids, mica |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | red 2.5 YR 5/6, core grey 7.5 YR 5/0 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | regular |
| hardness | very hard |
| porosity | 5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04-2.8 |
| inclusions | 12.5%, length: <0.04-0.8 |
| sorting | unsorted |
Inclusions |
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| mica | very frequent, angular, spherical, white, <0.04-0.52 |
| calciumcarbonate | riddled with, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, yellowish, 0.04-0.52 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | infrequent, well rounded - rounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0.08-0.2 |
| reddish inclusions | frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, reddish brown, <0.04-0.56 |
| black inclusions | riddled with, well rounded, very spherical, black, 0.04-0.44 |
| grey inclusions | infrequent, subspherical, subelongate, grey, 0.28-0.8 |
| foraminifera | frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, very elongate, white, yellowish, 0.12-0.4 |
| more inclusions2 | frequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - very elongate, white, grey, yellowish, 0.08-0.48 |
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