SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: H. R. Taylor

VESSEL NO.: 539, Burial A-45

VESSEL FORM: Jar

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and rounded lip

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the body

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the rim, body, and base; organic residue on the rim and body

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 8.8 mm; body, 7.0 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

HEIGHT (IN CM): 34.2

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 18.3

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 17.7

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 7.5 cm, circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 6.8

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): There are single tool punctated rows under the vessel lip and at the rim-body juncture. Between the punctated rows are cross-hatched incised lines. The vessel body has overlapping brushing marks from the rim-body juncture to within 9 cm of the base.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Maydelle Incised

Maydelle Incised jar, No. 539, H. R. Taylor site.