Egypt/Delta/Lower Egypt
4th Dynasty
Transport/Storage
Colour PPL: red
Colour XPL: red
Frequency of Inclusions (estimated): 30%
Sorting: fair
Size Range: very fine to very coarse
Shape Range: angular to subrounded
Main Inclusions: quartz, micritic limestone, chert, iron oxides,
Additional Inclusions Present: sparry limestone, dolomite, clay pellets (Terra Rossa), ARF, opaques, plagioclase, pyroxene, chalcedony, geode quartz, phosphate?
Comments: iron-rich and calcareous clay; possibly sand temper; probably fired between 800°C and 850°C
Coastal Lebanon /
quartz, micritic limestone, chert, iron oxides, sparry limestone, dolomite, clay pellets (Terra Rossa), ARF, opaques, plagioclase, pyroxene, chalcedony, geode quartz, phosphate?
Upper and Lower Cretaceous
P200
iron-rich and calcareous clay
