The color ranges from orange-orange red to dark brown-grey/black depending on the firing conditions (as generally with Beirut products). Granular break, quartz rich (variable-mixed grain sizes, fine-1mm), with variable amounts of fine-.5mm, rarer 1-2mm lime., sometimes moderate, sometimes abundant. Surfaces are usually rough, and lightly sandy, but this depends on the firing. Some BEY 015 products have a 'sandwich' firing, with reduced core, others are fired the same colour though out.
Some of the thicker walled carrot amphorae were distinctive for their abundant lime content, but seemed still to be BEY 015 products. The thinner walled carrot amphorae had a more 'normal' fabric, with moderate lime. The ware of Medieval pottery produced nearby in the 'centre ville' workshops was similar in character to that of BEY 015 (notably the firing rods of the kilns). Note that 1st c. CE thin-walled wares in Beirut city fabric were produced nearby at the workshop that preceded BEY 015, c. 100m to the south (GEM 002: see Reynolds et al. 2010, for details).
Products of BEY 015 (fully described in Reynolds et al. 2010) comprised primarily amphorae and cooking pots: Beirut 2 amphora (i.e. the mid-later 1st c. CE stage of development of the late 2nd c. BCE-7th c. CE Beirut amphora); Beirut 3 amphorae (i.e. the late 1st-early 2nd c. CE stage of development of the late 2nd c. BCE -7th c. CE Beirut amphora); Koan type amphora, with double rod handles (Amphora 1/AM 72); 'carrot' amphorae (Schone-Mau XV; Peacock and Williams Class 12), there were two main types: - various, related to Dr 2-4: Amphora 2A-C; Amphora 2D (single example); Amphora 3; Cooking pots; pot stands; rarer forms include Drains, bowls, mortaria, and jars.