MALTA-C-1

MALTA-C-1, M 114/2, 25x

MALTA-C-1, M 114/2, 16x

MALTA-C-1, M 114/2, 8x

object data

fabric description

archaeometry

sample no	M 114/2
fabric type	MALTA-C-1
supposed site of production	Malta
sample taken	2009, by Babette Bechtold, Department of Classics and Archaeology, University of Malta
	Context Data
site of discovery	Malta Zejtun
interpretation of context	domestic
registration code of context	ZTN 06/517
registration code of object	ZTN 06/517-1
chronology of context	400-300 B.C.E.
	Object
ware	Coarse Wares Local Plain
object form	Plate
object type	Sagona Plate III-IV:2b
chronology of object	400-300 B.C.E.
fragmentation	profile
surface description	smoothed in- and exterior: thick, pale yellow slip, 5 Y 8/3
drawing

object data

fabric description

archaeometry

	Visual Examination of Fresh Break
visual examination of fresh break	colour light reddish brown, texture middle fine and compact, numerous fine to large inclusions: light brown, white, pink, red, grey, voids
colour of fresh break	reddish yellow 5 YR 6/6
texture of fresh break	irregular
hardness	hard
	Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope (all lengths in mm)
porosity	3.5%; void form: channel (0.06-1.6), vughy (0.04-1.6); void length: 0.04-1.6
inclusions	12.5%, length: <0.04-3.4
sorting	unsorted
	Inclusions (all lengths in mm)
black inclusions	infrequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, black, 0.04-0.72
brown inclusions	infrequent, well rounded, subangular, very spherical - elongate, light brown, 0.15-3
calciumcarbonate	very frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, yellow, white, <0.04-0.8
carbonate pseudomorphoses	infrequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, 0.12-0.4
foraminifera	frequent, well rounded, rounded, very spherical, spherical, very elongate, white, grey, 0.12-0.52
mica	frequent, angular, elongate, spherical, white, <0.04-0.04
more inclusions2	very frequent, subangular - very angular, subrounded, spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, yellowish brown, yellowish white, light reddish brown, 0.08-3.4
more inclusions3	infrequent, well rounded, very spherical,elongate, white, grey, 0.08-0.2
reddish inclusions	frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.4

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Distribution of fabric type
“MALTA-C-1”

Malta Malta Malta Malta Malta Malta Malta Malta

production discovery

Representative sample for
“MALTA-C-1”

M 114/1

There are 3 more samples assigned to fabric type
“MALTA-C-1”.

Fabrics of Malta: Systematic fabric studies on Maltese pottery have a relatively short history. In 2000 B. Bruno and C. Capelli published a first paper dealing with three fabrics, identified, on the basis of archaeometric analyses, among two amphorae types of the Late Republican and Early Imperial period.

Context Data

Object

Visual Examination of Fresh Break

Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope (all lengths in mm)

Inclusions (all lengths in mm)

Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)

Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)