SITE NO.: 41MR12

FEATURE: Burial III

VESSEL NO.: 41MR12-67

NON-PLASTICS: none apparent

VESSEL FORM: Bottle with a slight spool-shaped neck and a carinated body. The rim is direct, and the lip is rounded and exterior folded.

CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a reducing environment)

WALL THICKNESS: 4.6 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT: 15.6 cm

ORIFICE DIAMETER: 4.0 cm at the neck

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK: 13.1 cm on the vessel body

BASE DIAMETER: 6.2 cm

ESTIMATED VOLUME: 0.4 liters

DECORATION: The bottle body has an engraved-punctated decoration. The engraved elements consist of a central semi-circle (composed of five lines per circle) that is repeated three times around the vessel, and with three repeating upper and lower sets of semi-circles (four lines per semi-circle) on either side of the central circle. The areas between the central circles and the upper and lower semi-circles are filled with small tool punctations.

TYPE: Bailey Engraved

Bailey Engraved bottle from Burial III: a, side view; b, bottom view.