| fabric type |
MALTA-A-2
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
Malta |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
colour pale brown, core grey, texture middle fine and compact, numerous fine to large inclusions: white, red, grey, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
light reddish brown 5 YR 6/4, core grey 7.5 YR 5/0 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
irregular |
| hardness |
very hard |
| porosity |
7.5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04-1.2 |
| inclusions |
15%, length: <0.04-1.28 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
mica |
riddled with, angular, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.04 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, 0.04-0.6 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
frequent, well rounded - rounded, subspherical, white, 0.24-0.68 |
|
reddish inclusions |
frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.92 |
|
black inclusions |
frequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, black, 0.04-0.32 |
|
foraminifera |
infrequent, well rounded, rounded, very spherical, subspherical, white, 0.12-0.32 |
|
more inclusions2 |
very frequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, yellowish orange, 0.04-0.2 |
|
more inclusions3 |
very frequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular - angular, very spherical - subspherical, white, 0.04-1.28 |
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