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Dressel 21-22 fabric |
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CommentsEquivalent to: P&W AM 7 of the National Roman Fabric Reference Collection (Tomber & Dore, 1998: 88) |
Visual characteristicsHard, fairly rough, sandy fabric containing dark and white inclusions, light buff (between 10YR 8/4 to 7/3) in colour. |
PetrologyThin sectioning shows grains of green or colourless augite, potash feldspar, volcanic rock fragments, a little quartz, limestone and flecks of mica. The petrology would support a source in Campania or Lazio, suggested by inscriptions (Peacock & Williams, 1986: Class 7). |