| fabric type |
MALTA-A-2
|
| fabric previously published as |
Impasto 64 |
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
Malta |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
colour red, core grey, texture fine and compact, numerous fine inclusions: white, yellowish |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
light red 2.5 YR 6/6-6/8, core grey 7.5 YR 5/0 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
regular |
| hardness |
very hard |
| porosity |
5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04-0.8 |
| inclusions |
15%, length: <0.04-1.04 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
mica |
very frequent, angular, spherical, white, <0.04-0.06 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
riddled with, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, very elongate, white, yellowish, 0.04-0.84 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, yellowish, 0.08-0.64 |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, 0.04-0.4 |
|
black inclusions |
very frequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, black, 0.04-0.6 |
|
foraminifera |
very frequent, well rounded, very spherical, subspherical, very elongate, white, yellowish, 0.12-0.48 |
|
more inclusions2 |
very frequent, well rounded - angular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate - very elongate, white, yellowish, 0.12-1.04 |
representative sample for MALTA-A-2 
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