SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Sam Kaufman
VESSEL NO.: 2003.08.1122
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: shell
VESSEL FORM: Bowl
RIM AND LIP FORM: everted-rounded
CORE COLOR: F (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: red
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: red
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): body, 5.5 mm; base, 5.7 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished
HEIGHT (IN CM): N/A
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): N/A
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): N/A
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 5.1
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): N/A
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel has a red slip on both interior and exterior surfaces as well as curvilinear engraved and negative engraved elements, including ovals and excised zones.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none
TYPE [IF KNOWN]: Avery Engraved
Avery Engraved bowl sherds from the Sam Kaufman site.
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/zac_selden/1327/