| 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 red, core dark grey,texture middle fine and compact, numerous fine to large inclusions: white, yellowish, reddish, 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 |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
15%; void form: vughy (0.04-1.4), channel (0.08-0.8); void length: 0.04-1.4 |
| inclusions |
15%, length: <0.04-1.3 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
mica |
riddled with, spherical; elongate, <0,04 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, rounded - angular, spherical - elongate, white, 0.04-0.2 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
riddled with, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, yellowish, 0.04-0.32 |
|
reddish inclusions |
frequent, well rounded, spherical, subsperical, elongate, reddish brown, red, 0.04-0.4 |
|
black inclusions |
singular, rounded, subspherical, elongate, black, 0.08-0.12 |
|
grey inclusions |
singular, very angular, subspherical, elongate, light grey, 0.24-1.0 |
|
white inclusions |
singular, well rounded, spherical - elongate, white, grey, 0.06-0.32 |
|
foraminifera |
frequent, well rounded, rounded, spherical, subspherical, very elongate, white, yellowish, 0.12-0.4 |
|
more inclusions2 |
very frequent, subrounded - very angular - angular, subelongate, suspherical, yellowish white, yellowish brown, reddish, 0.04-1.3 |
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