SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: G. W. Rumsey

VESSEL NO.: 24

NON-PLASTICS: bone and grog

VESSEL FORM: Bottle with a flaring neck

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and a rounded lip

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark gray (10YR 3/1)

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: light reddish-brown (5YR 6/4); fire clouding on the body and base

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 5.8 mm, neck

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the upper neck

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 25.3

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 4.9

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 6.1; 18.6 cm maximum body diameter

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 7.6

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.77 liters

DECORATION: The vessel body has four panels of curvilinear engraved scrolls that meet at a central small engraved circle. The scrolls begin at upper and lower body hatched and spurred triangles. The small central circle is a circle and swastika element. A red clay pigment has been rubbed in the engraved lines.

TYPE: Wilder Engraved, var. Wilder

Wilder Engraved, var. Wilder bottle, Rumsey site, Vessel 24.