2025 (May): P. Bes studied and made fabric microphotograph.
Fabric, firing, surface
SCA Fabric A: dark reddish brown to almost purple; hard, slightly gritty; granular break; uncommon to common(?), tiny to small, mostly white to offwhite (calcareous and quartzitic?) and fewer gray inclusions; flecks of silvery mica. Cf. LRA3 Ephesian fabric.
Preservation description
One fragment preserves nearly entire toe. Slight to moderate, extensive film of encrustation.