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| Name: Amphora fabric 3 | Code: A3 |
| Distinguishing features: Laminar pinkish orange and yellow patterning in clay |
| Colour: Pinkish orange-yellow | Texture: Rough | Strength: High |
| Hardness: Medium | Resistance: Medium | Fracture: Finely irregular |
| Manufacture: Wheel-hand | Firing temperature: Low | Firing atmosphere: Oxidizing |
| Surface treatment: None |
| Clay matrix: Poorly elutriated |
| Inclusions: |
| Type | Size mm. | Colour | Mineral % | Shape | Sorting | Note |
| Particles | <3 | Dark brown-pink | Grog 10 | Sub-round | Poor | |
| Particles | <2 | Dark brown-black | ? 10 | Sub-round | Poor | |
| Crystal | <1 | Yellowish transparent | Quartz? 2 | Angular-sub-angular | Poor | Cuboid |
| Notes: Clay matrix consists of two poorly mixed varieties of clay. |