MALTA-A-1, M 149/13, 25x
MALTA-A-1, M 149/13, 16x
MALTA-A-1, M 149/13, 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 red, core dark grey, texture middle fine and compact, numerous fine to large inclusions: yellowish, white, red, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | red 10 R 5/8, core dark reddish grey 10 R 3/1 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | granular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 5.0%; void form: vughy (0.04-1.2), channel (0.08-2.0); void length: 0.04-2.0 |
| inclusions | 15%, length: <0.04-1.2 |
| sorting | unsorted |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | singular, well rounded, subangular, very spherical, subelongate, grey, yellowish, 0.03-0.12 |
| mica | riddled with, angular, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.06 |
| calciumcarbonate | frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, yellowish, 0.04-0.2 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | riddled with, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical subspherical, yellowish, white, 0.04-0.4 |
| reddish inclusions | frequent, well rounded - subrounded - subangular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, reddish brown, <0.04-1.0 |
| black inclusions | singular, well rounded, subangular, subspherical, elongate - subelongate, black, 0.04-0.2 |
| foraminifera | frequent, well rounded, rounded, very spherical, subspherical, very elongate, white, yellowish, 0.12-0.4 |
| more inclusions2 | frequent, subrounded - very angular, spherical - subspherical , elongate - subelongate, yellowish white, yellowish brown, reddish, 0.04-1.2 |
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