MALTA-A-1, M 149/10, 25x
MALTA-A-1, M 149/10, 16x
MALTA-A-1, M 149/10, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
| fabric type | MALTA-A-1 |
|---|---|
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Malta |
| certainty of arguments | archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour light red, dark grey, texture coarse, numerous fine to large inclusions, white, yellowish, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | red 10 R 5/8, core dark reddish grey 10 R 4/1 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | granular |
| porosity | 7.5%; void form: vughy (0.08-4.2), channel (0.12-1.2); void length: 0.08-4.2 |
| inclusions | 15%, length: <0.04-1.2 |
| sorting | unsorted |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | singular, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, grey, 0.24-1.1 |
| mica | riddled with, angular, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.04 |
| calciumcarbonate | very frequent, rounded - subangular, very spherical - subspherical, white, yellowish, 0.04-0.6 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | riddled with, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, yellowish, grey, 0.04-0.84 |
| reddish inclusions | frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subrounded, subspherical, reddish brown, 0.04-0.8 |
| black inclusions | infrequent, well rounded, very spherical, subspherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.44 |
| foraminifera | frequent, well rounded, very spherical, spherical, subspherical,, white, yellowish, 0.2-0.32 |
| more inclusions2 | frequent, subrounded, angular - very angular, subspherical, subelongate, yellowish white, yellowish brown, reddish, 0.8-1.2 |
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