SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Wm. Handy Place

CONTEXT INFORMATION: From a grave (Burial 1) excavated by Robert Shelton in 1940. Associated vessels include V-2030, V-2031, and V-2033 to V-2039.

ACCESSION NO.: 5425-7158A-L

VESSEL NO.: V-2032

NON-PLASTICS: grog

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim with a rounded and exterior folded lip

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: brown

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark gray

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 3.9 mm, rim; 4.0 mm, body

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the body and rim

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished on the body and rim

HEIGHT (IN CM): 8.1

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 17.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 17.2

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): N/A

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.83 liters

DECORATION: The rim panel has negative scrolls that are repeated four times around the vessel. The upper and lower scroll fill elements each include three excised brackets and negative ovals, and the ends of the fill elements are hooked arms with tick marks. The central element of the motif is a large negative oval defined by cross-hatched brackets that extend from the rim to the vessel carination.

TYPE: Hodges Engraved, var. Armour (Schambach and Miller 1984:Figure 11-34a)

Hodges Engraved, var. Armour carinated bowl (5425-7158A-L).