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| 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: |