MALTA-A-1, M 119/42, 25x
MALTA-A-1, M 119/42, 16x
MALTA-A-1, M 119/42, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
| fabric type | MALTA-A-1 |
|---|---|
| fabric previously published as | Impasto 57 |
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Malta |
| certainty of arguments | archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour light red, texture middle fine and compact, numerous fine to large inclusions: white, red, yellowish, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | red 10 R 5/8 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | granular |
| hardness | very hard |
| porosity | 5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04-2.4 |
| inclusions | 7.5%, length: <0.04-2 |
| sorting | unsorted |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | singular, well rounded, spherical, yellowish red, clear, 0,04-0,88 |
| mica | riddled with, spherical, elongate, white, <0,04-0,04 |
| calciumcarbonate | very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, subspherical, elongate, very elongate, white, 0,04-0,32 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | very frequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, 0,04-0,88 |
| reddish inclusions | frequent, well rounded, very spherical, elongate, red, <0,04-0,12 |
| black inclusions | singular, very elongate, black, 0,16-0,44 |
| foraminifera | very frequent, rounded, very spherical, elongate, very elongate, white, 0,08-0,24 |
| more inclusions2 | frequent, angular, subspherical, yellowish brown, reddish, 0,04-2,0 |
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