Egyptian Pottery: Marl

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