MALTA-A-2, M 119/36, 25x
MALTA-A-2, M 119/36, 16x
MALTA-A-2, M 119/36, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
| 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 |
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| 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 Cite this page as: FACEM - http://facem.at/malta-a-2
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