MALTA-A-4, M 115/17, 25x
MALTA-A-4, M 115/17, 16x
MALTA-A-4, M 115/17, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
| fabric type | MALTA-A-4 |
|---|---|
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Malta |
| certainty of arguments | archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour light red, core light grey, texture coarse, numerous fine to large inclusions: white, red, pseudomorphoses, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | exterior and interior light red 2.5 YR 6/6, core light brownish grey 10 YR 6/2 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | granular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 10%; void form: vughy (0.04-4.8), channel (0.04-1.0); void length: 0.04-4.8 |
| inclusions | 25%, length: <0.04-2.0 |
| sorting | unsorted |
Inclusions |
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| mica | infrequent, angular, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.04 |
| calciumcarbonate | riddled with, well rounded - subrounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical,, yellowish white, white, <0.04-0.8 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | riddled with, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellowish white, 0.04-2.0 |
| reddish inclusions | very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.6 |
| black inclusions | frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, black, <0.04-0.4 |
| grey inclusions | frequent, subrounded, subangular - very angular, subspherical - subelongate, light grey, reddish, brownish, 0.08-2.0 |
| more inclusions1 | very frequent, well rounded, very spherical, subspherical, very elongate, white, yellowish, 0.08-0.4 |
representative sample for MALTA-A-4 Cite this page as: FACEM - http://facem.at/malta-a-4
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