MALTA-C-1

MALTA-C-1, M 115/2, 25x

MALTA-C-1, M 115/2, 16x

MALTA-C-1, M 115/2, 8x

object data

fabric description

archaeometry

sample no	M 115/2
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 06/1504
registration code of object	ZTN 06/1504-10
chronology of context	400-300 B.C.E.
	Object
ware	Coarse Wares Local Painted
object form	Jug
object type	trefoil jug, Sagona jug III-IV: 1a-1b
chronology of object	400-300 B.C.E.
fragmentation	rim
surface description	slipped exterior: yellowish red 5 YR 5/6, with traces of very pale yellow slip 10 YR 8/3
drawing

object data

fabric description

archaeometry

	Visual Examination of Fresh Break
visual examination of fresh break	colour reddish brown, texture middle fine and compact, numerous fine to some large inclusions: red, white yellowish, voids
colour of fresh break	light red 2.5 YR 6/6
texture of fresh break	irregular
hardness	soft
	Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope (all lengths in mm)
porosity	2.5%; void form: vughy (0.06-1.2), channel (0.06-0.28); void length: 0.06-1.2
inclusions	10%, length: <0.04-1.2
sorting	unsorted
	Inclusions (all lengths in mm)
black inclusions	infrequent, spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.1
calciumcarbonate	very frequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, yellowish, white, <0.04-0.32
carbonate pseudomorphoses	singular, rounded, subspherical, white, 0.15-0.24
foraminifera	frequent, well rounded, very spherical, subspherical, very elongate, white, grey, 0.12-0.52
mica	very frequent, angular, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04
more inclusions2	frequent, subangular - very angular, spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, yellowish brown, reddish, 0.08-1.2
quartz	singular, well rounded, subangular, subspherical, elongate, clear, white, grey, 0.08-0.28
reddish inclusions	very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.45

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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)