SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: T. M. Sanders

VESSEL NO.: 254, Burial B-1

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and rounded lip

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark yellowish-brown

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the body and base

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 7.0 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 11.5

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 27.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 27.0

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 10.2; circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.9

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has 12 upper and 12 lower large engraved triangle elements filled with cross-hatched lines. The engraved triangle elements reach from the vessel lip to the vessel carination.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: red pigment in the engraved lines

TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Sanders Engraved

Sanders Engraved carinated bowl in Burial B-1 at the T. M. Sanders site (41LR2).