| 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, numerous fine to some large inclusions: white, red, grey |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
light red 2.5 YR 6/8 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
| hardness |
very hard |
| porosity |
3.5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04-0.92 |
| inclusions |
10%, length: <0.04-2 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
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|
mica |
very frequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0,04-0,04 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, rounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, yellowish, 0,04-0,6 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
infrequent, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, 0,04-0,6 |
|
reddish inclusions |
very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subsphreical, elongate - subelongate, red, reddish brown, <0,04-0,88 |
|
black inclusions |
infrequent, spherical, elongate, black, 0,04-0,06 |
|
foraminifera |
frequent, very spherical, subspherical, very elongate, white, 0,08-0,4 |
|
more inclusions2 |
frequent, angular, subspherical - subelongate, yellowish brown, reddish, 0,04-2,0 |
|
more inclusions3 |
singular, well rounded, very spherical - spherical, grey, yellowish, reddish, 0.08-0.12 |
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