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18. Fine Buff Family
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This is a fine-textured fabric, usually buff to buff/pink in colour.
It is characterized by fine, well-mixed sand as the primary inclusion,
and silver mica is also frequent. Other occasional inclusions are
gold mica, fine siltstone, soft red, and phyllite. Macroscopic inclusion
density averages 10%, and the fabric is usually well sorted. These
sherds are often hard, but soft, and medium-soft examples appear
as well. Inclusions are small and fine (0.1-0.5 mm).
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Used for a wide range of vessel types: beehives, jugs/scv, amphoras,
fine table wares, and lamps.
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It is nearly impossible to pinpoint this fabric. It appears in
the Geometric period and continues to be used throughout Byzantine-Turkish.
However, it is one of the more common fabrics of the Graeco-Roman
period, particularly for decorated table wares.
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Fine and Medium Fine Buff wares are found in all 8 regions, but
are more plentiful in the east, in Region 8.
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19. Fine Buff Family: Powder Tan Glitter Ware
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Fine textured fabric, usually buff to pink in colour. Well-sorted
paste with 0.5% inclusions. Sand and gold mica are dominant, with
occasional soft red. The sand is particularly fine: the largest
inclusion is ca. 0.1 mm; macroscopic density is 0-5%. Surfaces are
soft and smooth, while breaks are grainy and somewhat harder.
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Shapes include large vessels (amphoras)
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Probably Hellenistic-Roman.
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This fabric occurs only in Region 8 (2).
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20. Medium Fine Buff Family: Soft Brown Chaff
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Medium-fine to fine texture fabric, usually buff/light-brown in
colour. Usually well-sorted paste with sub-angular pieces of chaff
dominant; quartz and silver mica are often also present. Chaff has
normally burned or fallen out, leaving pits 0.2-2 mm in size. Surfaces
are soft and powdery; breaks are grainy and rough. Average inclusion
density unknown.
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Mostly larger vessels such as large closed vessels and basins.
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Datable examples appear from Helenistic through Late Roman/Byzantine,
and although it seems to be predominately a Greek/Roman fabric,
its later termination is unknown.
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Regions 1 (1), 2 (1), and 8 (2).
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21. Medium Fine Orange Family: Orange Gritty Glitter Ware
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A red/orange, fine to medium-fine textured fabric. Surfaces are
medium-hard and slightly gritty; breaks are hard and foliate. It
is well-sorted, with a 15% macroscopic inclusion density. Inclusions
are dominated by glassy quartz, but sand and silver mica are also
usually present. Grits are rounded and sub-rounded, and fairly small
(0.1-0.75mm). This ware includes African Red Slip.
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Fine Table Vessels such as large plates.
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Late Roman.
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Region 8 (1).
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