MALTA-A-3, M 119/41, scale bar 0.5mm
MALTA-A-3, M 119/41, 25x
MALTA-A-3, M 119/41, 16x
MALTA-A-3, M 119/41, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry | petrography |
| fabric type | MALTA-A-3 |
|---|---|
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Malta |
| certainty of arguments | archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour red and grey, texture middle fine, numerous fine to some large inclusions, yellowish, reddish, white, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | light red 2.5 YR 6/6, core grey 7.5 YR 5/0 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | irregular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 7.5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04-1.6 |
| inclusions | 7.5%, length: <0.04-1.8 |
| sorting | poorly sorted silt |
Inclusions |
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| mica | frequent, angular, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.04 |
| calciumcarbonate | riddled with, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate - very elongate, yellowish orange, white, 0.04-0.6 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | riddled with, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate - very elongate, yellowish orange, 0.08-1.8 |
| reddish inclusions | infrequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical, elongate, reddish brown, 0.04-0.24 |
| black inclusions | very frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical, black, 0.04-0.52 |
| foraminifera | infrequent, well rounded, very spherical, very elongate, yellowish white, white, 0.28-0.48 |
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