MALTA-A-2, M 119/38, 25x
MALTA-A-2, M 119/38, 16x
MALTA-A-2, M 119/38, 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 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 |
Inclusions |
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| 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 |
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