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 coarse; Shape Range: angular to subrounded.
Main Inclusions: quartz, micritic limestone, chert, iron oxides. Additional Inclusions Present: dolomite, clay pellets (Terra Rossa), ARF, opaques, chalcedony, geode quartz
Comments: iron-rich and calcareous clay (rendzina?); possibly sand temper; probably fired between 800°C and 850°C
Coastal Lebanon /
quartz, micritic limestone, chert, iron oxides, dolomite, clay pellets (Terra Rossa), ARF, opaques, chalcedony, geode quartz
Upper and Lower Cretaceous
P200
iron-rich and calcareous clay
