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 grey and light red, texture middle fine and compact, numerous fine to large inclusions, white, red grey, voids |
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 |
7.5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04-4.8 |
inclusions |
20%, length: <0.04-1.2 |
sorting |
unsorted |
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Inclusions
|
mica |
frequent, angular, spherical, white, <0.04-0.04 |
calciumcarbonate |
very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, yellowish, 0.04-1.48 |
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, 0.12-0.6 |
reddish inclusions |
frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, <0.04-0.2 |
black inclusions |
riddled with, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.24 |
foraminifera |
infrequent, very spherical - subspherical, white, yellowish, 0.12-0.36 |
more inclusions2 |
riddled with, well rounded - angular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - very elongate, white, grey, yellowish, clear, 0.08-1.2 |