Name: Amphora fabric 6 | Code: A6 |
Distinguishing features: Colour and absence of transparent inclusions |
Colour: Pinkish buff | Texture: Medium | Strength: High |
Hardness: Medium | Resistance: Medium | Fracture: Finely irregular, laminar |
Manufacture: Wheel-hand | Firing temperature: Medium | Firing atmosphere: Oxidizing |
Surface treatment: None |
Clay matrix: Medium-well elutriated |
Inclusions: |
Type | Size mm. | Colour | Mineral % | Shape | Sorting | Note |
Particles | <3 | Pink | Grog 5 | Sub-round | Poor | Contains pinkish orange sand and lime |
Grit | <1 | Pinkish grey brown and white | Quartz? 5 | Sub-round | Poor | |
Platelets | <1 | Silvery | Mica <1 | Platelet | Poor |
Notes: |