| object data | fabric description | archaeometry |
| sample no | M 114/8 |
|---|---|
| fabric type | MALTA-C-2 |
| supposed site of production | Malta |
| sample taken | 2009, by Babette Bechtold, Department of Classics and Archaeology, University of Malta |
Context Data |
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| site of discovery |
Malta Zejtun |
| interpretation of context | domestic |
| registration code of context | ZTN 06/517 |
| registration code of object | ZTN 06/517-5 |
| chronology of context | 400-300 B.C.E. |
Object |
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| ware |
Coarse Wares Local Plain |
| object form | Plate |
| object type | Sagona plate III-IV:2a |
| chronology of object | 400-300 B.C.E.. |
| fragmentation | profile |
| surface description |
slipped exterior: white slip, 2.5Y8/2, interior: reddish yellow, 5YR7/6-7/8 |
| drawing |
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Distribution of fabric type
“MALTA-C-2”
production
discovery
Representative sample for
“MALTA-C-2”
M 114/4
There are 8 more samples assigned to fabric type
“MALTA-C-2”.
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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.
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Anfore e ceramica acroma dall'avamposto militare di Monte Turcisi (CT). Uno studio preliminare sulle provenienze: IntroduzioneIl modesto rilievo collinare alto 303 m, denominato Monte Turcisi, si trova al confine settentrionale della Piana di Catania e ricade oggi nel comune di Castel Di Iudica, in provincia della città etnea. Le strutture di interesse archeologico su di esso affiornati riguardano principalmente i resti relatvi ad una fortezza militare di epoca greca e di un eremo del XVII sec. d.C.
