MALTA-A-2, M 119/35, 25x
MALTA-A-2, M 119/35, 16x
MALTA-A-2, M 119/35, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
| 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 exterior and interior pale brown, core grey, texture fine and compact, numerous fine to some large inclusions: white, grey, red, voids, mica |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | exterior and interior light red 2.5 YR 6/6, core grey 7.5 YR 5/0 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | irregular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 5%; void form: vughy (0.04-1.6), channel (0.08-2.0); void length: 0.04-2.0 |
| inclusions | 15%, length: <0.04-2.0 |
| sorting | unsorted |
Inclusions |
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| mica | very frequent, spherical, angular, elongate, white, <0.04-0.06 |
| calciumcarbonate | riddled with, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, yellowish white, 0.04-0.6 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | very frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical subspherical, white, yellowish white, 0.08-0.64 |
| reddish inclusions | frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, red, reddish brown, <0.94-0.64 |
| black inclusions | very frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - spherical, black, <0.04-0.44 |
| grey inclusions | infrequent, angular - very angular, subspherical, subelongate, grey, 0.32-2.0 |
| foraminifera | very frequent, well rounded, subrounded, very spherical, spherical, very elongate, white, yellowish white, 0.12-0.52 |
| more inclusions2 | very frequent, rounded, subangular - very angular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - very elongate, white, grey, yellowish, clear, 0.08-0.8 |
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