A27.1 Bassit Imperial Amphora, black sand varient
Syria/Coast/An-Nusayriah Mountains
2nd - 3rd centuries CE
Middle Roman, Late Roman
General Information
Description
A27.1 Bassit Imperial amphora fabric black sand variant. C.f. O33.2. This is a hard brown fabric with a very irregular fracture and sandy to gritty feel. It has inclusions of common sub rounded black sand up to 0.4 mm with moderate subanglular lime at 0.2mm occasional quartz at 0.5mm in a sandy matrix with moderated fine silver mica.
Ras al-Bassit (Syria/Coast/An-Nusayriah Mountains)
