SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: George T. Wright Collection, Red River County, Texas

VESSEL NO.: GTW-459 [TX 124/1), B. R. R.

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl with rounded shoulders

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: shell

RIM AND LIP FORM: Inverted and direct rim and rounded lip

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: black

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark brown

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 3.2 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 6.3

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 9.1

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 11.3

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 5.0 cm, circular and convex

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.3

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The lower rim panel has been marked by a single horizontal engraved line; the upper rim panel is plain. There are four sets of semi-circular engraved elements with upward-pointing tick marks on the lower part and hatched pendant triangles on the upper part. Between each of the semi-circular engraved elements are four larger hatched pendant triangles with their apexes pointing to the vessel carination. The rim has also been notched on the lip.

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

TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Simms Engraved

Simms Engraved carinated bowl, GTW-459: a, side view; b, decorative elements.