This fabric ranges from pale yellow to green-white to the naked eye. It is characterized by high firing temperatures, primarily pyroxene sand inclusions, and the previously mentioned pale color.
This group has cloudy greenish-gray fabric in PPL, gray in XPL, which is entirely vitrified due to high firing temperatures. Though no traces of calcite or carbonatic material remain, the raw clay was likely calcareous. Reddish streaks and clouds appear sporadically in the clay matrix, likely hematite. The evenly-distributed silty fraction of PG6 is ca. 3–7.5% of the total fabric, consisting mainly of mica and quartz, with less iron oxides. The mica laths are preferentially aligned with the vessel walls. Vugh-shaped voids, >200 µm, appear at ca. 8–10%. Angular aplastic inclusions, ranging in size from 150–600 µm, are ca. 15–20% of PG6. Clinopyroxene, including augite, olivine, and quartz (occasionally rounded) are the most frequent components. Plagioclase feldspars, rounded red-black opaques and volcanic rock, and epidote grains are also present.
This fabric ranges from pale yellow to green-white to the naked eye. It is characterized by high firing temperatures, primarily pyroxene sand inclusions, and the previously mentioned pale color.
4th - 8th centuries CE
Late Roman, Early Byzantine, Byzantine, Late Roman
