Name: Amphora fabric 4 | Code: A4 |
Distinguishing features: Pitted powdery surface |
Colour: Creamy pink | Texture: Rough | Strength: Medium |
Hardness: Low | Resistance: Low | Fracture: Rough, laminar |
Manufacture: Wheel-hand | Firing temperature: Low | Firing atmosphere: Oxidizing |
Surface treatment: None |
Clay matrix: Medium-well elutriated |
Inclusions: |
Type | Size mm. | Colour | Mineral % | Shape | Sorting | Note |
Crystal | <1 | Transparent | Quartz? 5 | Angular | Poor | |
Particles | <0.5 | White | Lime 1 | Sub-round | Poor | |
Particles | <1 | Dark grey | ? 5 | Round | Poor | |
Particles | <1 | Orange brown | Grog 2 | Sub-angular | Poor | |
Voids | <0.5 | - | - 1 | Laminar | Poor |
Notes: |