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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: J. O. and Henry Brown
VESSEL NO.: 2003.08.625, Burial 6, Vessel No. 21
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog and bone
VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl
RIM AND LIP FORM: Inverted rim and rounded lip
CORE COLOR: G (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark grayish-brown; fire clouds on the base
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown; fire clouds and organic residue on the rim and body
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 6.4 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed
HEIGHT (IN CM): 14.0
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 20.4
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 21.0
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 8.9; circular and flat
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 2.6
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim has four elongated oval engraved panels with upper and lower rows of small excised pendant triangles. The panels are divided by cross-hatched engraved brackets.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none
TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Simms Engraved
Simms Engraved carinated bowl, Burial 6, Vessel No. 21, J. O. and Henry Brown site.
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/zac_selden/1033/