SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: H. R. Taylor

VESSEL NO.: 741, Burial A-57

VESSEL FORM: Bottle

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and rounded, exterior folded lip

CORE COLOR: G (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 3.3 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 11.1

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 3.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 4.1; maximum body diameter: 7.6 cm

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 5.6 cm, circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.25

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): There are two horizontal engraved lines at the top of the body and a single horizontal engraved line at the bottom of the body. Between the horizontal engraved lines are four sets of engraved diamond elements with upper and lower large pendant triangles with negative ovals defined by excised corners.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Ripley Engraved, var. Ripley

Ripley Engraved, var. Ripley bottle (No. 741) in Burial A-57 at the H. R. Taylor site.