Israel/Northern Coastal Plain
Roman
Transport/Storage
The matrix is ferruginous clay with some silt-size quartz and carbonate relicts. Inclusions - well sorted sand-size quartz subrounded to rounded is dominant. Plagioclase, limestone and chalk - rare. The inclusions constitute about 10% of the total volume of the sherd.
Firing temperature was estimated close to 750 degrees Celsius.
israel / northern coastal plain
quartz sand and some limestone inclusions
ferruginous clay
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