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| 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: |