| 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
|
|
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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