SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: G. W. Rumsey

VESSEL NO.: 15

NON-PLASTICS: grog, bone, and hematite

VESSEL FORM: Bottle

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and an apparent rounded lip

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: 10YR 6/2 (light brownish-gray)

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: 10YR 6/2 (light brownish-gray); fire clouding on the base

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): N/A

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed, but eroded

HEIGHT (IN CM): 13.0

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 3.5

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 4.9; 11.0 cm maximum body diameter

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 7.5

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.39 liters

DECORATION: The vessel has an engraved curvilinear scroll repeated four times that begins at both the upper and lower parts of the body as two arms of the scroll, and meets at a small central engraved circle. There are widened cross-hatched zones on the scroll on either side of the central engraved circle. Scroll dividers include upper and lower engraved triangles with either hatched corners or excised areas.

TYPE: Wilder Engraved, var. Wilder

Wilder Engraved, var. Wilder bottle, Rumsey site, Vessel 15.