SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Darco Coal Mine

VESSEL NO.: 2003.08.679 (5 HC)

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog and sandy paste

VESSEL FORM: Bowl

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted and exterior thickened rim and a rounded lip

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 4.1 mm; body, 4.0 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 7.8

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 7.6

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): N/A

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 6.5; circular and rounded

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.24

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim has a single horizontal engraved line. On the vessel body are four panels filled with broad concentric engraved lines forming semi-circles; the innermost semi-circle has a central excised dot. There are triangular zones above the engraved panels that are filled with small circular punctations.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: white in the trailed lines and punctations

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: cf. Keno Trailed, or cf. Bailey Engraved

Bailey Engraved bowl from the Darco Coal Mine site.