| fabric type |
MALTA-A-3
|
| 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 pale brown and grey, texture middle fine, numerous fine inclusions: white, yellowish, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
light brown 7.5 YR 6/4, core dark grey 7.5 YR 4/0 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
irregular |
| hardness |
very hard |
| porosity |
10%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04-1 |
| inclusions |
7.5%, length: <0.04-0.8 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
mica |
frequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.04 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, well rounded - rounded, subspherical, subelongate, very elongate, white, yellowish, 0.04-0.8 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspheriacal, white, yellowish, 0.12-0.4 |
|
reddish inclusions |
frequent, well rounded, very spherical, elongate, very elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.4 |
|
black inclusions |
very frequent, well rounded, very spherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.2 |
|
grey inclusions |
singular, subrounded, elongate, grey, 0.52 |
|
foraminifera |
frequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, yellowish, reddish, 0.24-0.32 |
representative sample for MALTA-A-3 
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