Marl fabrics
(the Vienna system)
Bourriau/Nicholson/Rose 2000: 131-132
Marl A
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Marl B
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Marl C
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Marl D
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Marl E
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dense homogeneous matrix with fine to medium sized
minerals
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texture is extremely coarse
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matrix is fine with limestone particles, sand as filler
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angular limestone inclusions, they are smaller than
from Marl C
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like Marl B, but having straw as filler
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extreme hardness
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fabric is hard except for highly fired examples
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low porosity and hardness is very great
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low porosity and fabric is very hard
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like Marl B
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pale green colour on surface and in fracture
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fracture has often a pink core and grey-green outer
zone
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grey-white firing surface with dark core
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light grey to green surface, fracture is pale reddish
brown
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like Marl B
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examples | example | example | example | no example in the Petrie Museum |
Upper Egyptian origin
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very common in the Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate
Period
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used all over Egypt during 18th Dynasty
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most common at Ballas (early 18th Dynasty)
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