The Nile silt fabrics
(the Vienna system)
Bourriau/Nicholson/Rose 2000: 121, 130-131
Nile A | Nile B1 | Nile B2 | Nile C | Nile D | Nile E |
large amount of fine sand | fine texture with only scattered fine plant remains | conspicuous plant remains | widest range of inclusions |
range of fabrics A-C |
range of fabrics A-C |
no plant remains | fine to medium straw | fine to medium straw | large quantity of medium to coarse plant remains | with limestone inclusions | many fine to coarse, rounded sand inclusions |
fracture colour: brown greyish-brown | fracture colour: great variability, normally brown, but it may show a black core |
fracture colour: grey-brown to reddish-brown |
fracture colour: zones of red and violet |
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moderate porosity | signs of uneven firing | porosity varies, but is often very hard | |||
medium hardness | usually very hard and highly fired | medium hardness | |||
examples | examples | examples | examples | no examples in the Petrie Museum | no examples in the Petrie Museum |
linked to vessels with a particular function: drinking cups of the Middle Kingdom | often large heavy containers with thick walls |
Nile A is the finest, Nile C the roughest clay.
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