MALTA-A-1, M 149/9, 25x
MALTA-A-1, M 149/9, 16x
MALTA-A-1, M 149/9, 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, reddish brown, texture coarse, numerous fine to large inclusions: white, yellowish, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | light red 10 R 6/8, core red 10 R 5/6 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | granular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 15%; void form: vughy (0.04-1.2), channel (0.08-2.9); void length: <0.04-2.9 |
| inclusions | 15%, length: 0.04-1.8 |
| sorting | unsorted |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | singular, rounded, spherical, elongate, white, grey, 0.2-0.24 |
| mica | frequent, angular, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.04 |
| calciumcarbonate | riddled with, well rounded, very spherical, subelongate, white, yellowish white, 0.04-0.48 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | riddled with, well rounded, very spherical, subelongate, white, yellowish white, 0.04-0.48 |
| reddish inclusions | infrequent, rounded, very spherical, subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, red, 0.04-0.28 |
| black inclusions | infrequent, rounded, subangular, subspherical, black, 0.12-0.32 |
| foraminifera | very frequent, well rounded, subrounded, very spherical, subspherical, very elongate, white, yellowish, 0.28-0.4 |
| more inclusions3 | frequent, angular - very angular, subrounded, subspherical - subelongate, yellowish white; yellowish brown, reddish, 0.12-1.8 |
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